Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Fine Art Bourse learns the naked truth about Facebook nudity rules
14 August 2017Tim Goodman’s Fine Art Bourse (FAB) has fallen foul of Facebook’s nudity rules.
Mayfair art agent faces US trial after WH Smith Viscountess pursues him in New York court
10 August 2017Mayfair art agent Timothy Sammons is facing a fresh legal battle over the sale of paintings and could face extradition to the US.
Goodman’s Fine Art Bourse falls foul of Facebook’s nudity rules
10 August 2017Tim Goodman’s Fine Art Bourse (FAB) has entered into an advertising row with Facebook over nudity rules at the social media giant.
Antiques Roadshow ceramics expert leads calls to save Poole Pottery studio
10 August 2017Fieldings Auctioneers founder Will Farmer has lent his support to Poole Pottery which is facing eviction from its Dorset home.
Postbox theft sparks fear of rising problem in the UK
08 August 2017The theft of a 19th century postbox in Asthall Leigh in west Oxfordshire earlier this year has led local councillors to fear criminals are targeting specific postboxes to sell on for hundreds of pounds.
Tributes paid following the death of former V&A boss Martin Roth
07 August 2017Martin Roth, the former director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, has died aged 62.
Mark Law’s Dreweatts deal folds
07 August 2017Mark Law’s deal to buy auction firm Dreweatts and the Mallett brand from stamp dealer group Stanley Gibbons has collapsed.
Malt House Emporium launches petition to stay in Stroud home
07 August 2017A Stroud antiques centre has launched a petition to stay after its landlord issued a notice to end the lease.
London street event is anonymous way to put a name on the map
07 August 2017Design will meet art and antiques at a new street event timed to coincide with The London Design Festival this September. The art and antiques dealers of Church Street in London’s Lisson Grove have decided it is an ideal moment to launch their first-ever street party on September 24.
Revenues up but profits down for Sotheby’s
07 August 2017The art market is “neither frothy nor depressed”, according to Sotheby’s chief executive Tad Smith.
Sotheby’s profit slips but revenues grow in second quarter thanks to higher lot values
03 August 2017Sotheby’s revenues for the second quarter of 2017 rose 5% but its profit fell 14% to $76.9m due to a rise in expenses and a decline at its financial services arm.
Mod Brit art gallery appeals for funds to keep Christopher Wood’s ‘China Dogs’ painting
03 August 2017Modern British art specialist Pallant House Gallery hopes to raise the final thousands of pounds needed to keep Christopher Wood’s ‘China Dogs in a St Ives Window’ (1926) in its Chichester gallery.
Antiques dealer alerts trade to fraud after scam involving 18th century painting
01 August 2017An antiques and art dealer is asking the trade to be aware of a scam after a painting was fraudulently purchased from the gallery in Wiltshire.
Extension given to Mark Law to complete purchase of auction house Dreweatts
01 August 2017The completion of Mark Law’s deal to buy Dreweatts from stamp dealer group Stanley Gibbons has been delayed for a second time due to a change in financial backing for the £2.4m purchase.
S Franses wins latest court appeal over right to stay in its central London gallery
26 July 2017St James’s textile specialist S Franses has won an appeal in court for the right to stay in its gallery in central London.
Early poetry from JRR Tolkien comes to auction in Yorkshire
26 July 2017A collection of poetry to be sold at Tennants Auctioneers in Yorkshire includes some of the early works of Hobbit author JRR Tolkien.
Somerset museum brings home 300-year old tankard after fundraising for auction bid
25 July 2017The Bruton Museum in Somerset has bought a rare silver tankard at nearby saleroom Lawrences of Crewkerne.
Spanish police recover stolen Francis Bacon paintings after tip-off from the Art Loss Register
24 July 2017Three Francis Bacon artworks stolen in Madrid in 2015 have been recovered by Spanish police near Barcelona.
Christie’s ‘looking at options’ for CSK rooms
24 July 2017Christie’s is weighing up options for the sale of the lease of its Old Brompton Road premises after it held its last sale before closing the popular South Kensington auction rooms.
Getty Museum chooses Old Master drawings for biggest-ever acquisition
24 July 2017Los Angeles’ J Paul Getty Museum has bought 16 Old Master drawings in its largest-ever purchase by value.