Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Collection of billionaire American philanthropists Peggy and David Rockefeller goes on show in London as part of world tour ahead of ‘sale of the century’ auction
19 February 2018What could become the most valuable collection ever auctioned is going on show in London this week.
Landlord at Silver Vaults considers options
19 February 2018The long-term future of the historic London Silver Vaults is uncertain as the landlord weighs up options for the building.
UK banks continue to question ‘Persian’ works of art sales over Iranian sanctions
19 February 2018Britain’s major banks are continuing to crack down on the sale of Persian works of art in the face of ongoing US sanctions against Iran.
Not a golden disc but precious memories for silver dealer Dickenson
19 February 2018Silver dealer Alastair Dickenson had a blast from the past when he flicked through the pages of ATG recently.
Museum acquisitions under threat from lack of funding report warns
16 February 2018Museums in the UK have been selling off their collections and have been unable to buy new works of art due to funding issues, a “deeply depressing” report has revealed.
TEFAF Talk: Calls for art market to create standards association
15 February 2018An art trade-wide association regulating standards and ethics should be launched, chairman of The Art Loss Register Julian Radcliffe has argued.
Sotheby’s buying spree continues – auction house expands into interior design market
13 February 2018Sotheby’s has bought Viyet, a website for interior design, vintage and antique furniture.
Letters from Beatrix Potter to esteemed professor of agriculture head to auction
13 February 2018Famous for her children’s stories of Peter Rabbit and friends, Beatrix Potter Heelis (1866-1943) was a prolific letter writer.
Appeal to help find stolen Anglo-Saxon beads and coins following Canterbury theft
13 February 2018The Canterbury Archaeology Trust is appealing for help to find the 850 Anglo-Saxon glass beads, multiple coins, metal artefacts and bone objects that have been stolen in a series of thefts from a storeroom in Kent.
Dorchester firm adds to ‘DNA’ as Young unveils expansion plans
12 February 2018Duke’s of Dorchester has hired a trio of specialists to grow its auction calendar and attract consignments from outside its immediate catchment area.
Moorcroft celebrates 150th anniversary of St Pancras railway station with new designs
12 February 2018Pottery company Moorcroft has designed and created two pieces to celebrate the 150th anniversary of St Pancras railway station in London.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed key heads to auction at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh
12 February 2018The key to The Glasgow School of Art, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, is to be offered at auction.
Top design in the Exeter spotlight
12 February 2018Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood of Exeter plans to hold its first-ever 20th century and contemporary art and design sale later this month.
Joanna Hardy launches her online jewellery course for budding antique jewellery fans - Video
09 February 2018Jewellery expert, consultant and BBC’s Antiques Roadshow regular Joanna Hardy has launched the first online foundation course in jewellery.
Government issues export bar for outstanding photo album by Julia Margaret Cameron in hope of finding UK buyer
07 February 2018A photo album by Julia Margaret Cameron, one of the most important and innovative photographers of the 19th century, has been temporarily barred from export in the hope a buyer in the UK can match the asking price of £3.7m.
Demand surges for suffragette memorabilia as 100th anniversary of women getting the vote is celebrated
06 February 2018On the 100th anniversary of The Representation of the People Act 1918, where women over the age of 30 were first given the vote, ATG selects some of the most significant items that have emerged for sale.
Art Loss Register, New York’s district attorney and antiquities dealers team up to safeguard Lebanese sculptures
06 February 2018Antiquities looted during the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s are to go on display at the National Museum in Beirut after they were identified in Europe as stolen objects.
Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould reunited to film latest series of art show Fake or Fortune
06 February 2018BBC TV presenter Fiona Bruce and art dealer Philip Mould are back together in the Pall Mall gallery to film part of the latest series of Fake or Fortune?
Four police forces team up to hunt criminal dubbed the ‘Night Watcher’ after more than £1m of antiques and jewellery stolen
06 February 2018Surrey, Kent, Sussex and Thames Valley police are searching for information to catch the criminal who committed seven violent burglaries from Home Counties mansions in recent months.
Assay Office crackdown on illegal silver
05 February 2018The London Assay Office (LAO) is to launch a crackdown on what it says is a rise in illegal antique silver being offered for sale.