Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Masterpiece London announces line up for summer event
17 May 2022The exhibitor list has been published for the upcoming Masterpiece London fair at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
Derby museum brings Wright of Derby painting ‘home’
16 May 2022A Wright of Derby (1734-97) self-portrait, in private hands for 250 years, has been bought by Derby Museum and Art Gallery with the help of donations and a government tax scheme.
New York City says no need to publicise lot guarantees
16 May 2022Auction houses will no longer be legally required to publicise guarantees on artworks sold in New York City when a repeal of business regulations goes ahead next month.
Trunk and drunk at the same time for a party
16 May 2022This remarkable Baccarat tantalus in the form of an elephant and howdah sold at Can$120,000 (£75,000) at an auction in Victoria, British Columbia.
East Bristol targets a score of 10 out of 10
16 May 2022An auction house in Bristol is celebrating its 10th anniversary in business by holding 10 sales in as many days.
New appointments and premises across the world of art and antiques
10 May 2022New faces at Woolley & Wallis, Runjeet Singh and Freeman’s are among the latest Movers & Shakers.
Panel show forms an orderly Kew
09 May 2022The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea Park is well known for selling garden items.
Woolley & Wallis internship aims to plug training gap
09 May 2022Woolley & Wallis has launched an internship scheme to help train the next generation of art and antiques specialists.
Fellows teams up with historian to offer Elizabethan manor house tour
07 May 2022Auction house Fellows is working with historian Dr Nicola Tallis to host a tour, talks and a musical performance at Harvington Hall.
Princeton University Art Museum revealed as buyer of picture by female Pre-Raphaelite artist
05 May 2022A work by Rebecca Solomon (1832-86) offered at Sotheby’s was bought by The Princeton University Art Museum.
The Fry Art Gallery reopens after refurb with Great Bardfield exhibition sponsored by Sworders
03 May 2022The Fry Art Gallery in Essex has undergone a major refurbishment and one of the first shows is being supported by local auction house Sworders.
Big funds raised for rediscovered mini Brontë
02 May 2022In just two weeks The Friends of the National Libraries managed to raise $1.25m (£1m) to buy a rediscovered miniature book by Charlotte Brontë.
Brontë mini book heads home to Haworth after £1m raised to buy it from New York dealer
28 April 2022A rediscovered miniature book by Charlotte Brontë has been sold at a New York book fair.
Inflation could help sales of collectables such as stamps, according to Stanley Gibbons Group
27 April 2022Collectables group Stanley Gibbons Group has pointed to evidence that both coins and stamps “do well during periods of heightened inflation”.
New hires across the art and antiques sector including in the US and Middle East
26 April 2022Among the latest Movers & Shakers news are appointments at Bonhams and Christie’s and a refurbishment at Artcurial.
Returning tourists give business boost for Portobello Road
25 April 2022Tourists returning to London gave Portobello Road traders a significant boost over the Easter period.
PBFA looks for new London fair manager
25 April 2022The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) is searching for a new fair manager for its London Antiquarian Book Fair.
Family portrait returns to Sitwell summer home
25 April 2022A Sitwell family portrait is returning home after Scarborough Museums Trust bought it at a auction in Newbury last year.
Ethiopian dealership launches London base
25 April 2022Contemporary African art was a topic of discussion at last month’s The Art Business Conference in London.