Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Stones poster buyer gets satisfaction
18 September 2017It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but nevertheless rare concert posters are selling for large sums at auction.
BBC Antiques Roadshow: 40 years of getting an antiques show on the road
18 September 2017With the BBC’s hit series now 40 years old, we find out producer Simon Shaw's views on its success ahead of the broadcast of his last Roadshow series.
Stanley Gibbons gives up on Pall Mall space
18 September 2017Less than six months after holding its first auction in its Pall Mall home, Stanley Gibbons’ The Fine Art Auction Group (TEFAAG) has left the central London premises and is in the process of selling the lease.
Stoke-on-Trent’s Potteries museum welcomes home Wedgwood vase and kicks of fundraising for Iron Age torcs
16 September 2017The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent had a double celebration today when it welcomed home a vase by master potter Josiah Wedgwood and launched a fundraising campaign to buy the Leekfrith Iron Age Torcs.
A second Francis Bacon pope painting comes to Christie’s Frieze week auction roster
15 September 2017Are Francis Bacon pope pictures like buses? Just a week after revealing details of the auction of Bacon’s 'Head with Raised Arm' (1955), Christie’s has now unveiled Bacon’s 'Study of Red Pope 1962 2nd version 1971', which will also be offered at auction in October to coincide with Frieze week.
Flea market planned for Marylebone to coincide with ‘London Design Festival’
15 September 2017More than 80 art and antique dealers are preparing for a new market event later this month in Marylebone.
‘Gentleman Jack’ Sears’ car among highlights of Bonhams’ Goodwood Revival auction
14 September 2017A car owned by the winner of the first ever British Touring Car Championship back in 1958 was the highlight of Bonhams’ Goodwood Revival sale at the weekend, taking double its estimate.
West London antiques cheat pleads guilty to attempts to defraud auction houses
13 September 2017A Poundland notebook helped convict a fraudster attempting to sell fake antiques through auction houses in London and Essex.
Buyer does get satisfaction at Bushey Auctions after ‘The Rolling Stones’ concert poster sells for £13,000
12 September 2017A rare concert poster from a 1965 tour by ‘The Rolling Stones’ has been snapped up by a collector after a bidding battle at Bushey Auctions in Hertfordshire.
Met Police says art and antiques crime squad will reopen ‘as soon as possible’
11 September 2017The reopening of the Metropolitan Police’s Arts and Antiques Unit has been delayed until later this year, ATG has learned. However, the force has denied reports it is to permanently close.
Gauguin sketch dismissed as a fake is valued at £200,000 after 'Fake or Fortune?' investigation
11 September 2017The BBC's 'Fake or Fortune?' team uncovered the story behind two pictures possibly by Paul Gauguin during last night’s programme.
Christie’s sale brings home the Bacon
11 September 2017A rediscovered Francis Bacon is to be offered at Christie’s next month with a £7m-10m estimate.
Experts outline Brexit trade risk
11 September 2017Lawyers and accountants have drawn up documents laying out the issues facing the art and antiques trade to inform government as it negotiates the terms of Brexit.
Bonhams takes its auction to the road for The Goodwood Revival this weekend
09 September 2017Auction house Bonhams has a montage of motoring memorabilia and famous classic cars on the block today to coincide with the three-day festival at Goodwood Circuit in west Sussex.
Government issues export bar for £1.2m Queen Victoria sculpture in hope of finding UK buyer
08 September 2017A sculpture of Queen Victoria by Alfred Gilbert has been temporarily barred from leaving the country while the government searches for a buyer based in the UK to pay the £1.2m asking price.
Tributes paid following the death of French arts patron Pierre Bergé
08 September 2017French fashion businessman and patron of the arts, Pierre Bergé, has died aged 86.
Young blood in demand at BADA networking event
08 September 2017The British Antiques Dealers’ Association (BADA) hopes to attract new members and young people to the world of art and antiques with a series of events.
Coutts places musical instruments above classic cars in investment report
07 September 2017The value of musical instruments outpaced the investment in classic cars and fine art last year, according to a survey by a private bank.
Customs delays after Brexit could be major blow for art market
06 September 2017Brexit could give the opportunity for advantageous changes to the VAT system for the UK art and antiques trade, delegates of The Art Business Conference heard today. But any benefits could be outweighed by huge customs delays.
Former Met art crime boss pleas for art and antiques unit to re-form
06 September 2017Richard Ellis, a former Metropolitan Police officer, used the platform of The Art Business Conference to call for the restatement of the art and antiques crime unit today.