Latest News Articles by Noelle McElhatton
Buyers and sellers have a masked ball at the Petworth antiques fair
21 September 2020The first major vetted UK event after lockdown is dubbed ‘the happy fair’ by dealers
A West Sussex invasion: the Brits came and spent
14 September 2020The buying crowd at IACF Ardingly was more local than usual but no less enthusiastic
Things we learned at IACF Ardingly
14 September 2020Top tips from IACF’s Ardingly International Antiques & Collectors Fair.
First serving on Wimbledon grass
07 September 2020Sunbury fair debut on London SW19 playing fields draws the Sunday punters after swift launch
Object lesson from Wimbledon fair: glass eyes
07 September 2020Though the first human in-socket artificial eyes were created by Venetian glassmakers c.16th century, the earliest evidence of ocular prosthesis was found in a female burial plot in Shahr-I Sokhta, Iran – dating back to 2900-2800 BC.
Kempton owner tests Sunday ‘interiors’ format fair at new Wimbledon venue
30 July 2020Sunbury Antiques Market, organiser of the bi-weekly Kempton Park Racecourse fair, is moving into London with a trial Sunday event in Wimbledon next month.
Runway Monday could restart IACF’s fair schedule
29 May 2020IACF, organiser of the UK’s largest outdoor antiques fairs and markets, is making tentative steps back into the live events arena.
Supreme Court the final option in Ivory Act case
25 May 2020Dealers and collectors of antique ivory will seek to take their case to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal rejected their latest challenge to the Ivory Act 2018.
Appeal to stop Ivory Act dismissed in latest court action
18 May 2020Court of Appeal judges have dismissed the latest attempt to stop the Ivory Act.
Clive Stewart-Lockhart – the next chapter
13 April 2020Believing there’s room for impartial art advice from an auction veteran, Clive Stewart-Lockhart has left Woolley & Wallis to embark on one last career move. Noelle McElhatton went to hear his plans ahead of the current Covid-19 lockdown
Clive Stewart-Lockhart – Down memory lane
13 April 2020This photo was taken at the July 1992 sale of the contents of Sunnyclose, near Henley-on-Thames.
Clive Stewart-Lockhart – My gavel moments
13 April 2020Clive Stewart-Lockhart recalls memorable sales, including one ‘barn find’ with a difference, across his 45-plus years as an auctioneer
The situation evolves – but safe delivery options are available
06 April 2020Given the government’s strict guidelines on social distancing, what delivery options can art and antiques buyers use during the lockdown period?
How Adams Antiques Fairs' London event went ahead before future dates were postponed
23 March 2020The round of applause that broke out for fair organiser Matthew Adams at the Royal Horticultural Halls on Sunday, March 15 was loud and, exhibitors said, very well-earned.
Kempton final March date postponed but 'we're evaluating next dates on a weekly basis'
20 March 2020Sunbury Antiques Fairs, organiser of Kempton and Sandown fairs, has postponed the next scheduled dates of both events due to coronavirus concerns.
IACF cancels Newark, Ardingly but reschedules Peterborough from April to June
19 March 2020IACF, the UK’s largest fair organiser, has cancelled flagship events in April and May as “the health of our stallholders and loyal buyers is our absolute priority” during the coronavirus crisis.
Picture special: how the show went on for Adams Fairs in London on Sunday
19 March 2020Despite coronavirus concerns, dealers came out in support of Adams Antiques Fairs staging its monthly London event last Sunday - ahead of postponement of future dates
Coronavirus: some Irish auctioneers bank on internet bidding as Adam's and DeVeres postpone sales
18 March 2020Irish auctioneers are split on whether to postpone sales to comply with the country's coronavirus social distancing rules, with some banking on internet bidding to continue to host auctions.
Ireland’s role in Britain’s colonial past recalled in single owner collection for sale at Sheppard’s
17 March 2020A private collection featuring Anglo-Indian and Islamic objects, amassed from Irish country house sales over a 60-year period, comes to auction in Durrow, Ireland on March 24.
The Open Art Fair: exhibitors told fair debut 'is going ahead’ despite coronavirus fears
04 March 2020Organisers of The Open Art Fair, successor to the BADA Fair, have written to exhibitors confirming the event will go ahead from March 18-24 in London – despite the cancellation of other high-profile art market on coronavirus concerns.