Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Dorchester firm adds to ‘DNA’ as Young unveils expansion plans
12 February 2018Duke’s of Dorchester has hired a trio of specialists to grow its auction calendar and attract consignments from outside its immediate catchment area.
Moorcroft celebrates 150th anniversary of St Pancras railway station with new designs
12 February 2018Pottery company Moorcroft has designed and created two pieces to celebrate the 150th anniversary of St Pancras railway station in London.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed key heads to auction at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh
12 February 2018The key to The Glasgow School of Art, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, is to be offered at auction.
Top design in the Exeter spotlight
12 February 2018Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood of Exeter plans to hold its first-ever 20th century and contemporary art and design sale later this month.
Joanna Hardy launches her online jewellery course for budding antique jewellery fans - Video
09 February 2018Jewellery expert, consultant and BBC’s Antiques Roadshow regular Joanna Hardy has launched the first online foundation course in jewellery.
Government issues export bar for outstanding photo album by Julia Margaret Cameron in hope of finding UK buyer
07 February 2018A photo album by Julia Margaret Cameron, one of the most important and innovative photographers of the 19th century, has been temporarily barred from export in the hope a buyer in the UK can match the asking price of £3.7m.
Demand surges for suffragette memorabilia as 100th anniversary of women getting the vote is celebrated
06 February 2018On the 100th anniversary of The Representation of the People Act 1918, where women over the age of 30 were first given the vote, ATG selects some of the most significant items that have emerged for sale.
Art Loss Register, New York’s district attorney and antiquities dealers team up to safeguard Lebanese sculptures
06 February 2018Antiquities looted during the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s are to go on display at the National Museum in Beirut after they were identified in Europe as stolen objects.
Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould reunited to film latest series of art show Fake or Fortune
06 February 2018BBC TV presenter Fiona Bruce and art dealer Philip Mould are back together in the Pall Mall gallery to film part of the latest series of Fake or Fortune?
Four police forces team up to hunt criminal dubbed the ‘Night Watcher’ after more than £1m of antiques and jewellery stolen
06 February 2018Surrey, Kent, Sussex and Thames Valley police are searching for information to catch the criminal who committed seven violent burglaries from Home Counties mansions in recent months.
Assay Office crackdown on illegal silver
05 February 2018The London Assay Office (LAO) is to launch a crackdown on what it says is a rise in illegal antique silver being offered for sale.
Christie’s observes growth at ‘all levels of the market’
05 February 2018Growth “across all value levels of the market” helped global sales at Christie’s increase by 26% to £5.1bn in 2017, says Orlando Rock, chairman of Christie’s UK.
Mallett reunited with Dreweatts as Bailey plans relaunch of brand trio
05 February 2018Antiques dealership Mallett and book specialist Bloomsbury are to be relaunched this year after being reunited with former stablemate Dreweatts.
Art and objects from Sir David Tang boost Christie’s latest interior design sale
05 February 2018Christie’s Interiors sale in King Street, London, achieved the highest sell-through rate of any Interiors sale in the capital.
The Howe-to antiques guide
05 February 2018Christopher Howe has been dealing from the Pimlico Road area for the past 30 years but he likes to shake things up.
Joanna Hardy discovers Bond Street jeweller Hennell's archive
05 February 2018Jewellery specialist Joanna Hardy is usually found in glamorous locations.
Government issues export bar for Georgian dolls’ house in hope of finding UK buyer
03 February 2018A Georgian baby house or dolls’ house has been barred from export in the hope a buyer in the UK can be found.
Trophy artworks including Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi propel Christie’s sales to £5.1bn
02 February 2018Christie’s sold seven out of the top 10 highest-value auction lots around the world last year – boosted by Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
Dealer The Fine Art Society to leave London’s Bond Street after more than 140 years
02 February 2018The Fine Art Society has decided to end its 142-year stint on London’s Bond Street in Mayfair and is searching for a new home.
Mallett reunited with Dreweatts and Bloomsbury after sale by Stanley Gibbons
31 January 2018Antiques dealership Mallett has been reunited with its former stablemates Dreweatts and Bloomsbury following a £100,000 purchase by Gurr Johns-owned Dreweatts.