Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Christie’s observes growth at ‘all levels of the market’
05 February 2018Growth “across all value levels of the market” helped global sales at Christie’s increase by 26% to £5.1bn in 2017, says Orlando Rock, chairman of Christie’s UK.
Mallett reunited with Dreweatts as Bailey plans relaunch of brand trio
05 February 2018Antiques dealership Mallett and book specialist Bloomsbury are to be relaunched this year after being reunited with former stablemate Dreweatts.
Art and objects from Sir David Tang boost Christie’s latest interior design sale
05 February 2018Christie’s Interiors sale in King Street, London, achieved the highest sell-through rate of any Interiors sale in the capital.
Joanna Hardy discovers Bond Street jeweller Hennell's archive
05 February 2018Jewellery specialist Joanna Hardy is usually found in glamorous locations.
The Howe-to antiques guide
05 February 2018Christopher Howe has been dealing from the Pimlico Road area for the past 30 years but he likes to shake things up.
Government issues export bar for Georgian dolls’ house in hope of finding UK buyer
03 February 2018A Georgian baby house or dolls’ house has been barred from export in the hope a buyer in the UK can be found.
Trophy artworks including Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi propel Christie’s sales to £5.1bn
02 February 2018Christie’s sold seven out of the top 10 highest-value auction lots around the world last year – boosted by Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Dealer The Fine Art Society to leave London’s Bond Street after more than 140 years
02 February 2018The Fine Art Society has decided to end its 142-year stint on London’s Bond Street in Mayfair and is searching for a new home.
Mallett reunited with Dreweatts and Bloomsbury after sale by Stanley Gibbons
31 January 2018Antiques dealership Mallett has been reunited with its former stablemates Dreweatts and Bloomsbury following a £100,000 purchase by Gurr Johns-owned Dreweatts.
Tetbury antiques dealer convicted of burglary of local jeweller
30 January 2018A Tetbury antiques dealer and his father have been convicted for a burglary of a jewellery shop in Gloucestershire.
Government issues export bar for JMW Turner landscape in hope of finding UK buyer
29 January 2018One of the few large-scale oil paintings by JMW Turner (1775-1851) left in private hands has been barred from export in the hope of finding a buyer in the UK.
Australian association insists on client accounts following collapse of Mossgreen
29 January 2018The Australian professional auctioneering body has called for all auctioneers to introduce client accounts – known as trust accounts in Australia – to avoid a repeat of the grim situation at failed firm Mossgreen.
Dawson’s makes city move on Hampstead
29 January 2018Dawson’s Auctioneers & Valuers is expanding into the capital with a new valuation office in north London.
Auction house China Guardian to open Art Center in Beijing to mark 25th anniversary
26 January 2018China Guardian is to open a new flagship building in Beijing this spring with auction and museum space.
Haul of $6m worth of Marvel and DC Comics are coming to auction in the US
25 January 2018Heritage Auctions in Dallas is offering more than 1000 lots at its February 22 Comics auction including an original Spider-Man cover by artist John Romita Sr.
Anna Mahler bronze sculpture comes to auction in Sussex
25 January 2018Anna Mahler may be best remembered as the daughter of the famous Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, but she was an accomplished artist in her own right, winning the Grand Prix at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937.
More than 130 tins are set to take the biscuit at Cheshire auction
24 January 2018A lifetime’s collection of biscuit tins is heading to Peter Wilson Auctioneers in Nantwich, Cheshire.
TEFAF shakes up board with new appointments as Ben Janssens and James Roundell step down
23 January 2018The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF), the organisation behind the TEFAF Maastricht and TEFAF New York fairs, has restructured its board of trustees and its executive committee.
Mod Brit artist Cedric Morris to be celebrated with two exhibitions in London this spring
23 January 2018Artist Sir Cedric Morris (1889-1982) is to be the subject of two exhibitions in London to run concurrently this spring – one at the Garden Museum in Lambeth and one at the gallery of dealer Philip Mould in Pall Mall.
BADA Friends kicks off 2018 with Butchoff Antiques and Raynham Hall initiatives
22 January 2018The British Antiques Dealers’ Association (BADA) is continuing its support of the wider art and antiques market with the promotion of a country house collection and more of its ‘young dealer’ networking events.