Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
BADA’s Borwick loses Kensington seat
12 June 2017Victoria Borwick, president of the British Antiques Dealers’ Association, lost her Kensington seat following two recounts in the constituency at last week's General Election.
BADA president Victoria Borwick loses Kensington seat after recount
10 June 2017Victoria Borwick, Conservative candidate for Kensington and president of the British Antiques Dealers’ Association, has lost her seat to Labour after a third recount by a margin of just 20 votes.
Hammershøi artwork returns home to Denmark after £1.2m Copenhagen museum buy
09 June 2017Ordrupgaard Museum in Copenhagen has purchased Vilhelm Hammershøi’s 'White Doors' for the hammer price of £1.2m, well above its £400,000-600,000 estimate.
Stanley Gibbons Group receives approach from private equity firm
09 June 2017Stamps and coin dealership Stanley Gibbons Group announced it has received an approach from private equity firm Disruptive Capital to buy the company.
UK faces hung parliament after a “tumultuous” election night
09 June 2017The final votes are still being counted but the UK is facing a hung parliament. The Conservatives are the largest party but have no clear majority.
A £10 car boot sale diamond ring sells for more than half a million pounds
08 June 2017A ring bought at a car boot sale for £10 in the 1980s was hammered down at £540,000 at a Sotheby’s auction.
Lady Spencer’s collection to be sold at Christie’s auction
06 June 2017Princess Diana’s stepmother, Chatelaine of Althorp, Dame Barbara Cartland’s daughter, or Acid Raine. The late Countess Spencer had a number of labels and, according to the Telegraph, she “seldom left anyone indifferent”.
Parmigianino sketch from home town of Parma to be offered at Bonhams auction
05 June 2017A rediscovered sketch by Italian Renaissance master Parmigianino is to be offered at Bonhams in July.
Finder disputes Treasure Valuation Committee's valuation of Anglo-Saxon treasure
05 June 2017The valuation of an Anglo- Saxon jewellery hoard discovered in Yorkshire is being disputed by the finder.
General Election 2017: What the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems pledge on key issues affecting art and antiques
05 June 2017Brexit, tax, business rates, employment rights and ivory top the list of issues for the art and antiques sector, readers have told Antiques Trade Gazette, as the general election looms this week.
Younger dealers rise to the Portobello challenge
05 June 2017Antiques dealers of Portobello Road must jostle for space with souvenir traders. But a new breed of seller is determined to maintain the area’s antiques heritage.
Magic war-time comic annual makes £5600 at auction
03 June 2017What is magic about this copy of a Beano annual? Collectors of comic books will know the 'Magic-Beano Book' was the name of the annual when it was published between 1942 to 1949.
Rossetti’s first mistress as ‘Lady Lilith’ to be auctioned at Sotheby’s
02 June 2017A painting of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s first mistress is to be offered at Sotheby’s this summer.
Mod Brit artist William Scott highlight of Whyte's latest auction
31 May 2017Whyte's in Dublin was not left feeling blue after William Scott’s ‘Blue Still Life’ sold for €450,000.
Stanley Gibbons sells stake in art fair Masterpiece London
30 May 2017Stamp and coins dealership Stanley Gibbons Group has sold its stake in Masterpiece London for £1.4m.
DIY dealers trade on their own turf
30 May 2017Fairs aren’t the only option for dealers wanting to make a mark during London’s summer season. Some dealers are heading ‘outside the tent’ to focus on creating their own space.
Budge estate seeks return of Böttger figure
30 May 2017The estate of prominent Jewish art collector Emma Budge has appealed for a rare early 18th century Meissen stoneware figure – the subject of a recent export stop – to be returned.
Reward doubled for return of artworks from the largest art heist in history
26 May 2017An American museum has doubled its reward to $10m to find artworks stolen 25 years ago.
Celebrating the best of London’s art and antiques trade
26 May 2017The capital’s summer season is the focus for Antiques Trade Gazette’s latest supplement.
Rare railway lamp highlight of East Bristol Auctions’ transport sale
26 May 2017A lamp from a wagon that once travelled a 50-mile stretch of track linking the docks of Cardiff to the collieries of the south Wales valleys was hammered down at a Bristol auction for £6300.