Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Mod Brit art from Hertfordshire County Council’s collection to be auctioned at Cheffins
30 January 2019Pictures by Mod Brit artists including Barbara Hepworth and Julian Trevelyan will go under the hammer at Cambridge auction house Cheffins following a council’s decision to offload artworks from storage.
The Bowes Museum and dealer Lennox Cato open ‘Sold! The Great British Antiques Story’ exhibition
29 January 2019The antiques trade descended on The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle for the opening of an exhibition celebrating dealers’ shops, tastes, practices and their role in the creation of museum collections.
Social media, succession planning and Brexit top agenda at latest LAPADA conference
28 January 2019Around 100 dealers will gather at the House of Lords next month for the latest annual LAPADA conference.
Four lots to watch at auction this week including a Lowry sketch and a John Knibb clock
28 January 2019With estimates from £400-40,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Charity antique fair planned in Tunbridge Wells in memory of silver dealer
26 January 2019The granddaughter of silver dealer George Paterson is to launch an antique fair in Tunbridge Wells in April to raise money for the hospice where her grandfather spent his last weeks.
Lots from Russian dealership Iconastas Gallery go under the hammer at Berkshire auction
24 January 2019The latest dispersal of objects from the collection of the late Christopher Martin-Zakheim and his shop Iconastas Gallery went under the hammer at Dawson’s Auctioneers of Maidenhead last weekend.
Seven highlights from Chiswick Auctions’ sale of the remarkable contents of a 16th century home
23 January 2019The “stunning” contents of a 16th century London house owned by a collector of art and antiques is coming to auction next month. Chiswick Auctions will offer more than 110 lots in the sale called A Private London Collection on February 5.
James Bond Moonraker laser rifle stuns at auction taking £22,000
22 January 2019A ‘Moonraker’ laser rifle and letter from Roger Moore are among sales highlights at a James Bond auction in the Midlands as Surrey auction house Ewbank’s prepares for its Bond and Beyond memorabilia sale.
Five features of Forum Auctions’ upcoming two-day sale
22 January 2019South London’s Forum Auctions will hold its latest sales in its usual venue of The Westbury Hotel in central London with highlights including a Lowry pencil on paper and a rare lithographic poster for the legendary ocean liner SS Normandie.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including an Art Nouveau cabinet and a novelty silver pencil by Tiffany
21 January 2019With estimates from £250 to £12,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Antiques and antiquities trade fear extra red tape from EU bill on cultural objects
21 January 2019The European Parliament is to vote on a new law this week that would introduce extra red tape for dealers in antiques and antiquities operating within the European Union.
Cedric Morris blooms again at Chichester auction
21 January 2019Henry Adams has achieved an auction record for Cedric Morris (1889-1982), completing a hat-trick of high prices for the artist-plantsman at the Chichester saleroom.
Pick of the Week: Captain Scott’s expedition to the Antarctic provides cracking polar selection at Stroud
21 January 2019Ephemera, photos and, remarkably, a penguin egg relating to Captain Robert Scott’s ill-fated 'Terra Nova' Expedition to the Antarctic in 1910 were eagerly contested in the room, on the phone and online at Stroud Auction Rooms’ latest sale.
Frank Hinks QC: How to handle a jug addiction
21 January 2019In the first of a new occasional series of collector interviews ATG talks to barrister, author and illustrator, Frank Hinks QC.
Defra issues import and export warning for CITES-listed natural history specimens in the event of a No deal Brexit
17 January 2019CITES-listed natural history specimens will no longer be able to pass through Dover or the Eurotunnel in the event of a No deal Brexit, the government has warned.
Costume designs by Russian avant-garde artist come to auction in Berkshire
16 January 2019Watercolours by artist Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) are to be offered at Dawson’s Auctioneers of Maidenhead from the collection of the late Christopher Martin-Zakheim and his shop Iconastas Gallery.
New York auction house Doyle promotes next generation to management
15 January 2019US auction house Doyle has promoted Laura Doyle to chief executive officer and Joanne Porrino Mournet has become president.
Government issues export bar for 18th century harpsichord in hope of finding UK buyer
15 January 2019The owner of an 18th century double-manual harpsichord, the only one of its type known to exist, has been temporarily prevented from exporting the instrument by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Five lots to watch at auction this week including George III mahogany wine cisterns, a sweetheart brooch and a Cedric Morris painting
14 January 2019With estimates from £150 to £20,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Private equity-backed company buys US auction houses Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Cowan's Auctions
09 January 2019US auction houses Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Cowan's Auctions have been brought together under one umbrella company in a private equity-backed deal.