Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
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.
Beans means bucks at auction – Heinz forks out on 18ct gold baked bean
18 March 2019Beans manufacturer Heinz has paid a hammer price of £750 at auction for a special issue 18ct gold baked bean.
Global Art Basel/UBS art market report finds five reasons to be cheerful
18 March 2019The overall art and antiques market reported solid growth last year – though concerns about the year ahead clouded the responses to the 2019 Art Basel/UBS global art market survey.
John Pye expands, marathon man Terry Woodcock, Phillips in California and new tech for Dix Noonan Webb – a selection of the latest news from across the auction houses
18 March 2019John Pye Auctions will expand its Nottingham headquarters with two new salerooms – taking its total to nine.
Six lots to watch at auction this week including a dolls house, 200 halfcrowns and a Gallé vase
18 March 2019With estimates from £400-8000, here are six previews from upcoming sales this week.
Lyon & Turnbull latest auction house to stop selling rhino horn
15 March 2019Edinburgh auction house Lyon & Turnbull will no longer sell antique items made from rhino horn.
Lost Elgar masterpiece found in autograph book is heard for the first time in 100 years as it heads to auction
14 March 2019A rediscovered melody by Sir Edward Elgar will be offered at auction in Lichfield after it was found in an autograph book.
The queen of fashion, the queen of hearts, and the queen: Sotheby’s Made in Britain auction features pictures of Kate Moss, Princess Diana and the queen among lots
14 March 2019It is not quite a full house in a game of cards, but Sotheby’s Made in Britain auction has dealt three ‘queens’ alongside works by British artists including David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, Dame Lucie Rie, Mary Fedden and Beryl Cook.
Court claim challenging New York ivory laws reinstated in the US
12 March 2019A US court claim challenging a 2014 New York law banning the sale of antique ivory by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America and the National Art and Antique Dealers Association of America has been reinstated due to amendments made to the case.
What next for Brexit? While we wait, can you spot the 12 Brexit-related images on this Weeping Willow Brexit plate
12 March 2019As we approach a crunch vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal, a no-deal result is still a possibility – so too the prospect of an extension to the Article 50 process beyond the March 29 deadline.
Auction house Sotheby’s celebrates 275 years by ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell and launching London exhibition
11 March 2019Sotheby’s held its very first auction on March 11, 1744, and today it is celebrating this 275-year milestone with the opening of an exhibition detailing its history in pictures.