Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Antiques trade welcomes plan to slash some business rates from April
06 January 2020Trade bodies and dealers with shops have given a collective thumbs-up to the new Conservative government’s pledge to slash small business rates by half.
Specialist firm adopts ‘live but online’ auction selling model
06 January 2020Scientific instruments and photographica specialist Flints Auctions has opened new premises and is launching a fresh type of sale.
Plea for trade and auction houses to spot stolen bassoons and Cartier ring
04 January 2020A musician is calling on antiques dealers and auction houses to be alert to two stolen bassoons and a Cartier ring that were taken on November 21 from a home in north London.
Mod Brit artworks gifted to nation will go on display at Hepworth Wakefield gallery
03 January 2020Three works by Modern British artists will go on display at The Hepworth Wakefield gallery following a donation via the government’s Cultural Gifts Scheme.
Government issues export bar for £8m Gainsborough landscape in hope of finding UK buyer
02 January 2020The owner of a Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) painting has been temporarily prevented from exporting the picture by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Winter wonderland – vintage skiing and skating poster selection at auction
24 December 2019Christmas is around the corner and for some a spot of skiing or skating may be on the cards.
British Museum is third time lucky to buy 1000-year-old seal matrix
23 December 2019A rare Saxon walrus ivory seal matrix will go back on display in the British Museum – after the institution missed out on buying the object twice before.
Walking cane once owned by controversial Titanic survivor comes to auction in Cornwall
23 December 2019A walking cane once owned by Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862-1931), a controversial Titanic survivor, is to be offered at auction in Cornwall.
HMRC promises guidance ahead of anti-money laundering changes
23 December 2019HMRC is to update UK art market professionals with guidance and webinars in January ahead of the introduction of new anti-money laundering legislation.
Hey big lender - options for collectors
23 December 2019Building your collection can involve a lot of thought along with the time and money involved, but it is also worth spending a while thinking about how to share it.
At last! Some Christmas cheer for high street dealers
21 December 2019Trade body leaders and dealers have given a collective thumbs up to the new Conservative government’s pledge to slash small business rates by half.
Teenage diary of 18th century stained glass craftsman bought by York University
20 December 2019A 90-page journal kept by a 15-year-old boy has been purchased by the University of York for £3200 at auction.
Spate of stolen south London animal troughs continues as another two go missing
18 December 2019A further two Victorian animal troughs have been stolen in south London, following four that went missing in September.
Biffin’s powerful story recognised with £110,000 self-portrait
16 December 2019Artist Sarah Biffin (1784-1850) is believed to have had the condition phocomelia and was born without hands, arms or feet.
The festive way to recycle ATG
16 December 2019Reader Ray Heath has come up with a way to recycle his copies of ATG.
Pick of the week: Gimson is top dog of Arts & Crafts
16 December 2019Cotswolds steel masterworks bring £50,000.
It’s a dog-eat-mag world
16 December 2019Dealer and collector Keith Baker has been in a long-running dispute with his beloved dog Belle over who gets to read Antiques Trade Gazette first each Tuesday.
Trains Galore auction steams into Newbury saleroom
14 December 2019Special Auction Services is bringing railway fans its annual Trains Galore two-day auction of more than 1000 lots.
New faces at Bonhams and West Dean College – the latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques trade
12 December 2019An update on recent job changes including the retirement of Edward Baldwin at Baldwin’s.
Sotheby’s wins court case over a disputed €10m ‘Frans Hals’ painting
11 December 2019Auction house Sotheby’s has won its case against Fairlight Art Ventures, the former business partner of Old Master picture dealer Mark Weiss, over a Frans Hals (1582-1666) painting that the auction house now deems is a fake.