Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Wildenstein tax trial begins in Paris
26 September 2016The long-awaited tax fraud trial of art dealer Guy Wildenstein has begun in Paris.
Islington Museum buys collage by Joe Orton's lover at auction
23 September 2016Islington Museum has paid £8000 for a screen collage by Joe Orton's lover and killer Kenneth Halliwell at a JP Humbert auction this week.
Christie’s gavel master Hugh Edmeades to become independent freelance auctioneer
23 September 2016For gavel master Hugh Edmeades, remembering all the lots sold across a thirty-eight year career at Christie's could have been an impossible task if it were not for the fact he had kept a diary and written down everything he has ever sold.
Old Master dealer Colnaghi to open new London gallery
22 September 2016Colnaghi, the venerable London Old Master dealership, will open their new gallery in St James’s next month.
Anya Hindmarch helps fashion Sotheby's contemporary auction
22 September 2016Fashion designer Anya Hindmarch's stylistic input helped Sotheby’s sell £1.8m at its latest contemporary sale.
D-Day Landings flag up for auction in Kent
20 September 2016A D-Day Landings Omaha Beach flag is being offered at C&T Auctioneers on September 28.
New law planned to govern the art lending market
20 September 2016A shake-up of the art lending market has been proposed by the Law Commission with eventual plans for an art assets register.
Queen Victoria's knickers break auction record
20 September 2016A pair of Queen Victoria's drawers sold for a record-breaking £16,250 at Christie’s South Kensington on September 14.
Cannibal fork from Fiji gobbled up at auction
19 September 2016A Fijian cannibal fork was sold at Duke’s in Dorchester for £7500 on September 16.
Never before auctioned Edvard Munch prints go up for sale
19 September 2016Two fresh to the market Edvard Munch prints are coming up for sale at Sotheby’s Prints & Multiples sale in London on September 27.
D-Day flag bought at auction to go on public display
17 September 2016The Dutch buyer of ‘the most valuable Second World War battle flag ever sold’ has loaned it to the National Military Museum in Soesterberg, the Netherlands.
Attenborough’s Pablo Picasso ceramics to go to auction
16 September 2016Lord and Lady Attenborough’s collection of Pablo Picasso ceramics will be up for auction in November at Sotheby’s in London.
Lights, camera, action: film prop auction comes to London’s IMAX cinema
16 September 2016Film buffs take note, auctioneers Thomas Plant and Neil Shuttleworth of Special Auction Services are to preside over a movie memorabilia auction on September 27 totalling nearly 600 lots.
The Osbournes swoop on Black Sabbath memorabilia
15 September 2016The Osbourne family have snapped up Black Sabbath memorabilia ahead of a planned auction in Sheffield.
The Colony Room on show at auction house Bonhams
15 September 2016Auction house Bonhams are to host an exhibition titled The Colony Room: Masterpieces from Pallant House Gallery, celebrating the fabled London drinking den beloved of artists.
Hansons Auctioneers launches new coins and antiquities department
15 September 2016Derbyshire based Hansons Auctioneers are expanding into coins and antiquities with a new department called Historica.
Australia bans UK-based collector from taking home painting bought at auction
14 September 2016A UK-based art collector has been banned from exporting a World War II era painting from Australia.
Dealers Mallett to move with Fine Art Auction Group to Pall Mall
14 September 2016Pall Mall is known for its members clubs but The Fine Art Auction Group, parent company of Dreweatts-Bloomsbury and Mallett, are to set up a London hub on the street in a bid to relaunch their interiors business.
High Road Auctions renamed by new owner
14 September 2016High Road Auctions will be relaunched as London Auctions after a refurbishment by the new owner of the Chiswick based saleroom.
Lowry and Vicari in the mix at Kent auction
13 September 2016A collection of Lowry prints and a painting by Andrew Vicari, previously known as one of the richest living artists, are up for auction at Grand Auctions in Folkestone next week.