Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Professor Rachel Pownall: TEFAF report’s new author
25 March 2017Since its launch in 2002 the TEFAF Art Market Report has established itself as the art and antiques trade’s key annual barometer of size and trends.
Dr Clare McAndrew: ‘It is very challenging to measure the art market’
25 March 2017It is not often that market economists agree, and so it goes with the TEFAF Art Market Report’s current and previous authors. Economics is, after all, not an exact science and analysing a market as opaque as art and antiques is certainly problematic.
New watchdog sparks red tape fear
25 March 2017Concerns are mounting that a new government money laundering watchdog will lead to further red tape for dealers and auctioneers in the UK.
Details of the shoe buying habits of literary giants Waugh and Tolkien bought at auction by Oxford’s Bodleian Library
24 March 2017The Bodleian Library in Oxford has bought the historic customer ledgers of venerable Oxford shoemaker Ducker & Son.
Bomber Command Memorial maquette swoops in to north London gallery show
22 March 2017A maquette of the Bomber Command Memorial in London will be on sale as part of an exhibition of works by sculptor Philip Jackson.
Art Basel Art Market Report 2017: Auction market weakness boosted dealer sales
22 March 2017The auction market weakened in 2016, as sales of art and antiques via dealers grew, according to the latest art market report.
Rise in red-tape feared ahead of government launch of anti-money laundering watchdog
21 March 2017The art and antiques trade has raised fears that the launch of a new government money laundering watchdog will lead to further red tape for dealers and auctioneers in the UK.
Fabergé treasures donated to V&A from collection of former Wartski chairman
20 March 2017The V&A has been awarded a clutch of Fabergé treasures from the estate of Kenneth Snowman, the well-known collector of works by the Russian jeweller and former chairman of jewellery dealer Wartski.
They said what?! The week (13-19 Mar) in quotes from the art and antiques world
19 March 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we cover burnt books and re-discovered works.
On a mission to sell this bomber memorial model
18 March 2017HAMPSTEAD’S Catto Gallery includes this maquette of the Bomber Command Memorial (above) in its upcoming exhibition of works by sculptor Philip Jackson.
New faces join rebranded Chiswick firm
18 March 2017London Auctions in Chiswick has hired a handful of new staff and is launching its first specialist sale this month.
Trade bodies say Budget 2017 ‘ducks desperate need for business rate reform’
18 March 2017The antiques trade has expressed disappointment following the Spring Budget, after its reform of business rates fell short of the wholesale changes requested by industry bodies.
New grant helps funding appeal to keep Wedgwood First Day’s vase in Stoke on Trent
17 March 2017Stoke-on-Trent’s Potteries Museum & Art Gallery is hopeful of raising nearly half a million pounds to buy a Wedgwood First Day’s vase after it was awarded a £90,000 grant from the Art Fund.
Carlisle museum welcomes back £2m Crosby Garrett Roman helmet
16 March 2017A major British archaeological find is to return to a Carlisle museum for a new show on Hadrian’s Cavalry.
Antiques trade hopeful of business rates reform following government u-turn on National Insurance
16 March 2017A government u-turn on a National Insurance rise has been welcomed by the art and antiques trade, giving hope that a review of business rates could follow.
Princess Diana letters on honeymoon and birth of son head to auction in Gloucestershire
15 March 2017Letters from the late Princess Diana surfaced at auction earlier this year in Cambridge and now another set is being offered in Gloucestershire.
Czech émigrés' studio sculptures come to auction at Mallams in Oxford
14 March 2017Works from the studio of sculptors Franta Belsky and Irena Sedlecka are coming to auction at Mallams in Oxford.
Private deals are thriving in times of tension
11 March 2017Latest TEFAF market report says uncertainty drives confidentiality
TEFAF 2017: more sales announced and one work removed for being too provocative
10 March 2017The official opening day of TEFAF Maastricht continued to glean sales for dealers with a number of strong six-figure sales adding to the handful of seven-figure sales reported at yesterday’s preview event.
American buyers in evidence among early sales at TEFAF Maastricht
10 March 2017Yesterday at his stand Geoffrey Munn, managing director at jeweller dealer Wartski, described the Maastricht TEFAF fair as "a fascinating mix of art and mammon".