Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
The Bruno Effect updates on latest dealer signings
04 January 2021The Bruno Effect, a digital marketplace that will provide a platform for initially 650 dealers to sell their furniture and collectables online, has revealed new dealers ahead of its launch.
West Sussex museum buys Edwardian designs for local church windows from London dealer
30 December 2020Horsham Museum and Art Gallery has bought a presentation watercolour for three stained glass windows in local church St Peter’s in Cowfold from London dealers Abbott and Holder.
Festive lights bring cheer to art and antiques shops and galleries across the country
24 December 2020Art and antiques dealers across the country have put on their best displays of festive lights inside and outside their shops and galleries.
Historic tableware firm Thomas Goode & Company to sell archive and historic items in Sotheby’s auction
23 December 2020Thomas Goode & Company, the Mayfair retailer of tableware to royalty and celebrities since the 1840s, plans an auction of its archive.
Focus on online sales for tier 4 art and antiques businesses in England
23 December 2020Art and antique businesses in tier 4 regions in England have had to close to the public and will focus on online sales.
Ivory Cleopatra sculpture blocked from export in hope UK buyer found
22 December 2020An export block on Death of Cleopatra by Henri de Triqueti, an ivory sculpture with British royal connections, has been announced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Export licences will go digital in autumn 2021
21 December 2020Digital export licences will be introduced towards the end of next year in a boost to the UK’s art and antiques sector.
Nimrod expedition sledge and flag head to UK institutions
21 December 2020A sledge and flag from the first expedition to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton have been saved for the nation.
Record year for Acceptance in Lieu schemes with £65m artworks accepted for the nation
21 December 2020A record amount of paintings, antiques and historic objects were saved for the nation in lieu of tax in 2020, with £65m of objects accepted.
Auctions take a hit from Covid but private and online sales rise at Sotheby’s and Christie’s
20 December 2020Despite the challenges of a tough 2020, private and online sales have boosted the major auction houses
Plea to help find presidential pocket watch stolen from London dealer
17 December 2020The trade has been asked to look out for a 14ct gold pocket watch that was stolen on December 12 from a gallery in Camden Passage in Islington, London.
New salerooms plus appointments at galleries – the latest news across the art and antiques sector
16 December 2020Movers & Shakers including news of the launch of Minster Auctions and a new home for The Pedestal.
Book trade on alert after smash and grab thefts in London
14 December 2020A spate of thefts from central London shops has put the antiquarian book trade on high alert.
A bright new future as ‘familiar faces’ open fresh firm in Leominster
14 December 2020A new auction firm has launched in the market town of Leominster in Herefordshire.
Madagascar purchases archive of its last queen at south London auction
14 December 2020Clothes, letters and photographs of the last queen of Madagascar are to return home after the Madagascan government bought the collection at a south London auction.
Shipping & delivery: New world border
14 December 2020Deal or no-deal, logistics firms are as prepared as they can be for any eventuality for Brexit post-December 31
Brexit: Imports and Exports from January 1
14 December 2020A number of changes will affect the import and export of goods from January 1, 2021, when items moving between the UK and the EU will have to undergo customs formalities and border control, like any other country.
More items found by metal detectorists to be saved for the nation as Treasure definition set to be changed
10 December 2020More metal detective finds will have a chance to be saved for the nation under new rules set to come in next year.
The latest hires at The Fine Art Society, Phillips, Ewbank’s and BADA – appointments across the art and antiques sector
08 December 2020The latest Movers & Shakers news including new faces at Phillips, Ewbank's and The Fine Art Society.
Plans remain in flux for indoor art and antiques event organisers
07 December 2020Organisers of indoor art and antiques fairs continue to make alternative plans for the first half of next year.