Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Gun found in a field where artist van Gogh shot himself to be sold in Paris
13 June 2019Vincent van Gogh died from a gunshot wound in the summer of 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise in the south of France.
First original cover art of Tintin sells at US auction for more than $1m
11 June 2019The very first original cover art featuring comic character Tintin has sold at auction in the US for a premium inclusive $1.125m.
Coin from reign of Allectus found in field makes house record at Dix Noonan Webb
10 June 2019A rare Roman gold aureus, found by a metal detectorist in a field in Kent earlier this year, was hammered down at Dix Noonan Webb last week for a house record £460,000.
‘New addition’ to the Lewis chessmen
10 June 2019Sotheby’s believes it has found a missing piece from the Lewis chessmen hoard – the cache of 12th or 13th century walrus ivory carvings that chiefly resides in the British Museum.
Meet the ‘last living Surrealist’ – Desmond Morris on painting and collecting
10 June 2019Desmond Morris on his many lives as a zoologist, painter, author and collector
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a rare pair of Jagger statues, a Winston Churchill letter and an Indian toy soldier
10 June 2019With estimates from £500-400,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Newly redeveloped Cork Street gets first letting – Contemporary art dealer Goodman Gallery moves to Mayfair
07 June 2019Contemporary art dealership Goodman Gallery is to join Cork Street as its first major letting since its multi-million pound redevelopment last year.
Rare fireman’s helmet bought at auction by Midlands museum
07 June 2019The Black Country Living Museum has bought a rare piece of local history - a fireman’s helmet from a fire service run by the local butcher.
Rare Roman gold coin found in Kent field sells at £460,000
06 June 2019A rare Roman gold coin, found by a metal detectorist in a field in Kent, was hammered down at £460,000.
New York auctions to celebrate the LGBTQ community and mark 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising
05 June 2019As the Pride season begins this month with a series of events and parades in major cities to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, Sotheby’s, Bonhams and Swann Auction Galleries are to hold auctions honouring the movement.
Chiswick opens in Edinburgh, Bonhams reorganises its ceramics department, Unique Auctions expands and a dealer leaves Pimlico Road after 25 years - the latest Movers and Shakers
04 June 2019A selection of expansion news and appointments across the art and antiques market.
Bought for £5 in 1964: 'Lewis Chessmen' piece comes to auction with estimate of up to £1m at Sotheby’s
03 June 2019Dating from the 12th and early 13th centuries, the Lewis Chessmen collection was rediscovered on Lewis in 1831 and is among the most famous archaeological finds.
Stolen Asian art recovered but much still missing from museum's collection
03 June 2019Police have recovered a haul of stolen Asian artworks and returned them to the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath.
Unique Auctions expands space in Lincoln with new showroom
03 June 2019Unique Auctions is to nearly double the size of its premises in Lincoln with a new 12,500 sq ft showroom.
Burne-Jones bares his soul in heartfelt letters offered at Cheffins' auction
03 June 2019Tender letters from artist Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones to the daughter of his patron reveal the “emotional support” he craved.
Pimlico Road dealer Humphrey-Carrasco moves south
03 June 2019Pimlico Road antiques dealer Humphrey-Carrasco has left the street after a quarter of a century.
Hogarth painting saved for the nation and can stay at its Leicester museum home
31 May 2019A William Hogarth (1697-1764) painting that has been on loan to the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery in Leicester since 1943 has been purchased for the gallery.
Consultation on the trade in non-elephant ivory launched by government
30 May 2019A consultation into the trade of non-elephant ivory has been launched to find out whether the government should take further action to restrict the trade in ivory.
Fifteen foot long Monty Python credits scroll comes to auction in Bristol
30 May 2019East Bristol Auctions is to offer a 15 ft-long credit scroll from an episode of ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’.
A new Master for the Arts Scholars livery company plus the latest 'Movers and Shakers' across the art and antiques market
30 May 2019An update on recent appointments at auction houses and arts establishments.