Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Shippers welcome new EU grace period for imports and exports in the event of a no-deal Brexit
04 April 2019Art shippers have welcomed European Union laws that create a grace period for UK hauliers until the end of 2019.
Lost Doctor Who Dalek episode exterminates auction estimate in south London
04 April 2019A Doctor Who archive of photographs and copies of plans from The Power of the Daleks – the completely missing third serial of the fourth season – has been sold at auction in south London.
Sotheby’s and Old Master dealer reach out of court settlement over disputed Frans Hals painting
02 April 2019Old Master picture dealer Mark Weiss has agreed an out-of-court settlement with Sotheby’s in the case of a $10m painting the auction house believed to be a forgery.
Experts predict consolidation in the global online art market as it maintains steady sales growth
02 April 2019The global online art market recorded sales up 9.8% to $4.64bn (£3.5bn) in 2018, according to the seventh annual Hiscox Online Art Trade Report 2019.
Elgar masterpiece found in autograph book snapped up at Midlands auction
01 April 2019A rediscovered melody by Sir Edward Elgar has been bought by a private buyer at auction in Lichfield after it was found in an autograph book.
Malaysian Modernist shines at inaugural Lyon & Turnbull Modern Made auction
01 April 2019The inaugural Modern Made auction held by Lyon & Turnbull at the Mall Galleries in London last week recorded a hammer total of £800,000 (close to £1m including premium).
Stolen Picasso painting from private yacht recovered by the so-called real-life ‘Indiana Jones’ of the art world
01 April 2019A Pablo Picasso painting missing for nearly 20 years has been recovered by the so-called real-life ‘Indiana Jones’ of the art world.
Interior motives: how old school weekly sales are giving way to new auction formats
01 April 2019Weekly clearance sales are increasingly being replaced by newly branded formats as auction houses are responding to fresh consumer trends.
Police appeal for help to catch criminal gang behind multi-million-pound gem theft from Fleet Street jeweller
27 March 2019The Met Police’s Flying Squad are appealing for help to find a gang of criminals who reportedly tunnelled into jewellery dealer George Attenborough & Son on Fleet Street.
McCartney’s English school book sells for £39,000 at auction in Merseyside
27 March 2019The English Literature school book of The Beatles’ Sir Paul McCartney has been bought at auction for £39,000.
Scam alert sounded for art and antiques trade as email invoice fraud tops £100m
26 March 2019The cost to firms of cyber fraudsters' invoice scams reached nearly £100m in 2018 and small businesses, such as those in the art and antiques trade, remain vulnerable, according to the latest report.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Lowestoft pug, an undiscovered melody by Elgar and Russian avant-garde art
25 March 2019With estimates from £150-15,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Science fiction fans come out in force for auction of Blake's 7 memorabilia
25 March 2019Bidders vied for a collection of memorabilia from the 1970s science-fiction television series Blake's 7 at auction at Reeman Dansie in Colchester.
Two auction houses launch in London this spring
25 March 2019Newly established auction houses Tate Ward and Kings Russell Auctioneers plan their debut sales over the coming fortnight in London.
Former Flog It! presenter Paul Martin to launch new show 'Curiosity' next month
22 March 2019TV presenter Paul Martin is about to launch his new show ‘Curiosity’ as he juggles recruiting for his other show ‘Make Me A Dealer’ and running his new gallery in Wiltshire.
Former Christie’s marketing boss joins Bonhams
22 March 2019Bonhams has hired Christie’s former marketing supremo Marc Sands.
Fake or Fortune? to return to TV screens this year for eighth series with art sleuths Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce
21 March 2019Filming is underway for the latest episodes of the BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?' which is scheduled to return to TV screens later this year.
Famous ‘Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies’ painting from 1980s comedy ‘Allo ‘Allo ‘returns’ to France
20 March 2019The successful buyer at auction of the ‘Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies’ - the prop that was a running joke in the 1980s sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo - has taken the painting to his home in France.
Salvador Dalí’s surrealist ‘champagne’ lamps designed for West Sussex home bought by V&A Museum
19 March 2019A pair of ‘champagne’ lamps designed by surrealist artist Salvador Dalí has been bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum and will be reunited with Dalí’s Mae West Lips sofa.
Rare Native American pictures by George Catlin come to auction in London
19 March 2019A collection of watercolours, drawings and letters by American painter George Catlin (1796-1872) will be offered at Forum Auctions next week.