Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
New Chelsea saleroom and promotions across auction houses and galleries – the latest Movers & Shakers
20 September 2023A round up across the art and antiques sector including Sloane Street Auctions expansion and promotions at Sworders and Fellows.
Say cheese: University buys Elizabethan manuscript on cheese making
19 September 2023The University of Leeds Libraries has bought the earliest known book about cheese making in Britain.
Guercino’s Moses emerges at Moretti's new Paris gallery
18 September 2023A rediscovered 17th century painting of Moses by Italian Baroque artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591– 1666), known as il Guercino, is being offered at Moretti Fine Art of Paris in its newly opened gallery.
Elveden Hall auction brings back the room bidders
18 September 2023In what may have felt like a flashback to the past, when bidders actually attended day sales in person, the Elveden Hall auction held by Sworders was deemed a runaway success.
Wally bird recovered after theft 15 years ago
18 September 2023A third stolen Martinware bird has been recovered more than 15 years after it was taken in west London.
Norfolk dealer’s glass collection up for sale
18 September 2023A single-owner sale from the late Norfolk glass collector and dealer Brian Watson is coming to Bishop & Miller on September 27.
Stolen Martinware bird returned to museum after 15 years
14 September 2023A third stolen Martinware bird has been recovered more than 15 years after it was stolen in west London.
How can the UK art market stay ahead?
12 September 2023Among the discussions at the 9th Art Business Conference was one focused on the opportunities for the UK art market.
Fake or Fortune? returns with Elisabeth Frink mystery
12 September 2023The BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?' TV show returns this month for its 11th series.
PBFA marks 50th with launch of Bath showpiece
11 September 2023The PBFA (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association) will celebrate its 50th anniversary in style next year with two new fairs: in Bath and Tunbridge Wells.
Police appeal after antiques stolen from retired Merseyside dealer
06 September 2023Valuable antiques and jewellery were stolen from a former dealer’s home in Rainford, St Helens and the police are appealing for help.
Speed of the essence as Crawford lots emerge at Scottish sale
04 September 2023A group of four lots being sold by the family of the former foreign editor of The Daily Mail includes items relating to the first direct flight across the Atlantic as well as Malcolm Campbell’s Blue Bird 1933 land speed record.
The second sleeper in Colchester: an intaglio ring emerges at auction
04 September 2023The north European Mannerist bronze sold for £550,000 against a guide of £250-350 was not the only spectacular sleeper in the August 8 sale at Reeman Dansie (22.5% buyer’s premium).
New specialists at auction houses in Birmingham, France and New York
31 August 2023A round up of appointments across the world of art and antiques.
Rediscovered images of the crew of Franklin's lost expedition come to auction next month
29 August 2023Rare daguerreotype photographs of Sir John Franklin and his fellow senior officers of the ill-fated HMS Erebus and Terror have been rediscovered and will be offered at auction by Sotheby’s.
‘I outgrew my china cabinet years ago – a vast army is slowly advancing towards me across the carpet’
28 August 2023We chat to a collector whose political and royal commemorative ceramics mean he can 'survey three centuries of British history in a single glance'
British Museum director resigns and apologises in wake of thefts
25 August 2023British Museum director Hartwig Fischer has announced that he will be stepping down from his position with immediate effect after a series of thefts emerged.
Hever Castle reissues plea for return of miniatures stolen 20 years ago
23 August 2023Twenty years ago a man walked into Anne Boleyn’s bedroom at Hever Castle and stole five miniature portraits from a glass vitrine cabinet.
Police appeal for stolen Ming dynasty Chinese doucai cup
22 August 2023The Metropolitan Police is offering a Serious Crime Reward of up to £10,000 for information leading to the recovery of a Ming Dynasty cup stolen in 2019 but still missing.
Bonhams leads tributes to Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr
22 August 2023Auctioneer Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr has died at the age of 84.