Latest News Articles by Noelle McElhatton
Kempton back in the running
26 April 2021Traders and buyers express relief – and gratitude – at return of twice-monthly fixture.
Continental dealers make tentative return to Kempton
26 April 2021It’s nearly four months since the UK left the EU’s customs union and single market – a hard new reality for those Continental antiques dealers who regularly make the day trip from Belgium, Holland or France to stall out at fairs in southern England.
The Brexit effect: Dealers learning to live with complicated new trading rules for the vital EU market
01 March 2021When Freya Simms presented at a European art market conference in late January, forecasting what dealers should expect in 2021, the LAPADA chief executive illustrated her slides with an image of someone dragging a ball of red tape up the hill.
Brexit case study: ‘The hassle factor is enormous’ – Daniel Crouch Rare Books
01 March 2021One of the pleasures of Daniel Crouch’s work life has been buying trips to the Continent – for the serendipity of making contacts as well as the chance to handle the goods.
Brexit case study: ‘It’s a balancing act’ – Julia Boston Antiques
01 March 2021It’s fair to say that Julia Boston, specialising in 18th and 19th century French furnishings for the past 25 years, is at the front line of those dealers coming to terms with radical changes to the way we trade with the EU.
Brexit case study: ‘We’ll absorb the extra cost’ – Butchoff Antiques
01 March 2021Butchoff Antiques sells fine quality English and Continental furniture, mirrors and objects from its 3000 sq ft Kensington Church Street showroom and increasingly online.
Interview: ‘Patience is a virtue when it comes to Brexit’ says dealer William Thuillier
01 February 2021A flexible attitude and eclectic tastes have kept William Thuillier dealing in pictures for 40 years
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 – 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
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.
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?