Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Movers and shakers: the latest hires in the auction world including at Lyon & Turnbull, Chiswick Auctions and Christie's
05 February 2019New joiners and promotions across the world of auctioneers.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Byron silhouette and a 1960s jukebox
04 February 2019With estimates from £100-3000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Chiswick Auctions sets sights on Scottish consignments by hiring Bruce Addison
04 February 2019Chiswick Auctions has hired former Bonhams auctioneer Bruce Addison to head a new Scottish office.
Exhibition to celebrate the role of the dealer opens at The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle
04 February 2019The antiques trade descended on The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle for the opening of an exhibition celebrating dealers’ shops, tastes, practices and their role in the creation of museum collections.
Appeal to trade to help find large collection of stolen vintage costume jewellery
31 January 2019A large haul of vintage costume jewellery has been stolen from a car in Birmingham and its owner is appealing to the trade to help recover the items.
Mod Brit art from Hertfordshire County Council’s collection to be auctioned at Cheffins
30 January 2019Pictures by Mod Brit artists including Barbara Hepworth and Julian Trevelyan will go under the hammer at Cambridge auction house Cheffins following a council’s decision to offload artworks from storage.
The Bowes Museum and dealer Lennox Cato open ‘Sold! The Great British Antiques Story’ exhibition
29 January 2019The antiques trade descended on The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle for the opening of an exhibition celebrating dealers’ shops, tastes, practices and their role in the creation of museum collections.
Social media, succession planning and Brexit top agenda at latest LAPADA conference
28 January 2019Around 100 dealers will gather at the House of Lords next month for the latest annual LAPADA conference.
Four lots to watch at auction this week including a Lowry sketch and a John Knibb clock
28 January 2019With estimates from £400-40,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Charity antique fair planned in Tunbridge Wells in memory of silver dealer
26 January 2019The granddaughter of silver dealer George Paterson is to launch an antique fair in Tunbridge Wells in April to raise money for the hospice where her grandfather spent his last weeks.
Lots from Russian dealership Iconastas Gallery go under the hammer at Berkshire auction
24 January 2019The latest dispersal of objects from the collection of the late Christopher Martin-Zakheim and his shop Iconastas Gallery went under the hammer at Dawson’s Auctioneers of Maidenhead last weekend.
Seven highlights from Chiswick Auctions’ sale of the remarkable contents of a 16th century home
23 January 2019The “stunning” contents of a 16th century London house owned by a collector of art and antiques is coming to auction next month. Chiswick Auctions will offer more than 110 lots in the sale called A Private London Collection on February 5.
James Bond Moonraker laser rifle stuns at auction taking £22,000
22 January 2019A ‘Moonraker’ laser rifle and letter from Roger Moore are among sales highlights at a James Bond auction in the Midlands as Surrey auction house Ewbank’s prepares for its Bond and Beyond memorabilia sale.
Five features of Forum Auctions’ upcoming two-day sale
22 January 2019South London’s Forum Auctions will hold its latest sales in its usual venue of The Westbury Hotel in central London with highlights including a Lowry pencil on paper and a rare lithographic poster for the legendary ocean liner SS Normandie.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including an Art Nouveau cabinet and a novelty silver pencil by Tiffany
21 January 2019With estimates from £250 to £12,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Antiques and antiquities trade fear extra red tape from EU bill on cultural objects
21 January 2019The European Parliament is to vote on a new law this week that would introduce extra red tape for dealers in antiques and antiquities operating within the European Union.
Cedric Morris blooms again at Chichester auction
21 January 2019Henry Adams has achieved an auction record for Cedric Morris (1889-1982), completing a hat-trick of high prices for the artist-plantsman at the Chichester saleroom.
Pick of the Week: Captain Scott’s expedition to the Antarctic provides cracking polar selection at Stroud
21 January 2019Ephemera, photos and, remarkably, a penguin egg relating to Captain Robert Scott’s ill-fated 'Terra Nova' Expedition to the Antarctic in 1910 were eagerly contested in the room, on the phone and online at Stroud Auction Rooms’ latest sale.
Frank Hinks QC: How to handle a jug addiction
21 January 2019In the first of a new occasional series of collector interviews ATG talks to barrister, author and illustrator, Frank Hinks QC.
Defra issues import and export warning for CITES-listed natural history specimens in the event of a No deal Brexit
17 January 2019CITES-listed natural history specimens will no longer be able to pass through Dover or the Eurotunnel in the event of a No deal Brexit, the government has warned.