Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Touchdown at TEFAF: 10 shots from the preview day at the Maastricht fair
09 March 2017TEFAF Maastricht's preview opened today at the MECC. The fair opens to the public tomorrow and runs from March 10-19. Here ATG takes a sneak peek at the fair, its exhibitors and its visitors.
Russian kovsh stolen from Lancashire art and antiques dealer
09 March 2017A Lancashire art and antiques dealership is appealing for help to track down a stolen antique Russian drinking vessel.
Relief for small businesses promised as Hammond announces first Budget
08 March 2017Some small businesses have been given a reprieve in the Budget today from the planned hike in business rates.
Recovering Egyptian artefacts from overseas is not in Egypt's favour, says its former antiquities minister
07 March 2017Egypt’s former antiquities minister Mamdouh al-Damaty has called for a change of policy relating to Egyptian artefacts traded abroad.
Resolution for antiques dealer after ‘draconian’ ivory seizure
06 March 2017A police ordeal for a Derbyshire antiques dealer following a “draconian” swoop over a Victorian ivory thermometer has finally been resolved.
Quest for anonymity drives increase in private art sales, says TEFAF Report
06 March 2017The latest TEFAF Art Market Report which was unveiled today showed private sales of art and antiques rose over 2016 while auction sales declined.
They said what?! The week (27 February-5 March) in quotes from the art and antiques world
05 March 2017This week's installment of ATG's weekend quotes roundup includes a mud-covered gold torc, the Mayor of London and a recovered stolen bronze.
‘Ten police’ in ‘draconian’ ivory seizure
04 March 2017A VICTORIAN ivory barometer was taken by a team of police officers in a “draconian” swoop on a Derbyshire dealer.
Trade says business rates require wholesale reform
04 March 2017DEALERS have warned that “tinkering around the edges” of the current business rates system will not help small businesses. As many as a quarter of firms in the south of England and London are expected to face significant rises when new levels, the first changes for seven years, take effect in April.
London art dealer helps stolen bronze return to Berlin museum after 70 years
02 March 2017A bronze Etruscan statuette that was stolen from Berlin’s Antikensammlung during the Second World War has been returned after the intervention of London dealers Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch.
Christie’s defends attribution over $4.3m Rubens
25 February 2017The attribution of an oil sketch to Sir Peter Paul Rubens has pitted experts at Sotheby’s and Christie’s against each other after it hammered for $4.3m in New York last month.
Deadline looms for ASA guidance
25 February 2017Bonhams, Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips say display of fee structure is under review
Old Masters get a youthful face-lift
25 February 2017Dealer Colnaghi looks to Contemporary market to inject vigour into London’s historic art scene
Martinware birds help Kingham & Orme’s debut auction take flight
24 February 2017The first sale by dealers-turned-auctioneers Kingham & Orme made a hammer total of £289,490 and was led by a Martin Brothers bird.
Art advisory network Art Due Diligence Group launched in London
22 February 2017A new art advisory group has been formed to help ease the pitfalls of buying and selling art and antiques.
Art trade amendments to looted art bill rejected in parliament
21 February 2017The UK government has passed the third reading of the Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill, opposing amendments called for by the art and antiques trade.
Imperial taste: Ming ‘masterpieces’ go to auction in New York
20 February 2017A selection of Ming dynasty objects are to be offered for sale at Sotheby’s New York next month.
Major theft hits antiquarian books
18 February 2017THE antiquarian book trade has suffered one of its biggestever thefts after material on its way to the California International Antiquarian Book Fair was stolen in west London.
Art historians: ‘elephant slaughter must stop but don’t ban trade in antique ivory’
18 February 2017ART historians and prominent museums have spoken out in defence of the trade in antiques containing ivory ahead of the launch of a government consultation.
Falcon Fine Art enters into Belgium lending market
17 February 2017Financier Falcon Fine Art has completed its first art lending deal in Belgium. The firm helped a collector in Belgium borrow against the value of a collection of 19th century “museum-quality” paintings and sculpture.