Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
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.
Bonhams introduces 27.5% premium threshold to "reflect the cost of bringing objects to global auctions”
11 March 2019Auction house Bonhams has raised its buyer’s premium levels, adding a new threshold of 27.5% on the first £2500/$3000 of the hammer price.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including prestigious Georgian-style entrance gates and a Charles II sterling silver tankard
11 March 2019With estimates from £500-25,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Lecture series underlines the role of female war artists
11 March 2019Art historian Magdalen Evans is holding a series of lectures on Women Artists of the Second World War for the Arts Society with the next date set for Harpenden, Hertfordshire, on March 20, followed by Colchester, Essex, in May and Ely, Cambridgeshire, in September.
Rathbone is the name of the game as coincidental company title sets collecting duo on the road to many purchases
11 March 2019In the latest of our occasional series of collector interviews, we talk to Ian Harvey, 74, a retired chartered accountant who has been collecting all his adult life.
UK moves up to second place in global art market as China’s growth slows
08 March 2019The UK’s art market reclaimed its second position in the global league table as China’s rapid growth slowed during 2018.
Norfolk auction house relaunch, Henry Aldridge & Son changes, Fellows fine jewellery and Artcurial's online-only sales - the latest business news from across the auction houses
08 March 2019Norfolk sisters Catherine and Shelley-Anne Wilford have launched Beeston Auction House after the retirement of the owners of Townsend Auction Galleries.
New faces at Chiswick and Phillips – the latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques trade
07 March 2019An update on recent appointments in the world of art and antiques.
Tony Benn archive heads to British Library after help from auction house Christie’s
06 March 2019The archive of Labour’s longest-serving MP Tony Benn (1925-2014) has been accepted by the British Library.
Bonhams becomes latest auction house to raise buyer’s premium
04 March 2019Auction house Bonhams has raised its buyer’s premium levels effective from today.
How the art and antiques trade is preparing for Brexit
04 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. As the selection of comments and advice from across the trade suggests, the art and antiques sector, like businesses up and down the country, is preparing for every eventuality.
Six lots to watch at auction this week including an Elizabethan jug, a Constable sketch and a German Expressionist painting
04 March 2019With estimates from £100-$50,000, here are six previews from upcoming sales this week.
Sotheby’s boosted by online and private sales
04 March 2019Sotheby’s has reported a 16% jump in sales to $6.4bn (£4.8bn) for 2018 – a reward for its focus on growing online and private sales. Profit, or adjusted net income, improved by 5.9% to $128.9m.
Singer Sargent painting blocked from export by government in hope of finding UK buyer
02 March 2019The owner of a £5.75m John Singer Sargent oil painting has been temporarily prevented from exporting the picture by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Memorabilia from the estate of Are You Being Served? actor John Inman pops up at Newbury auction house
01 March 2019The sale of a collection of John Inman memorabilia at auction has highlighted the 1970s star enduring popularity with collectors across the UK.