During a walk-in valuation day on the morning of February 24 at Chiswick Auctions' 6 Roslin Square consignment warehouse (not ...

Top stories this week including the evacuation of an auction house after a landmine was brought in for valuation. The most read stories on this website over the last week included ...

A painting from Howard Hodgkin’s (1932-2017) period in India has been temporarily blocked from export in the hope a UK institution will raise funds to keep it in the UK. Valued at more than £1.7m, Mrs ...

Henry Moore’s King and Queen sculpture headlines Christie’s evening sale. A large scale Henry Moore (1898-1986) sculpture drew intense bidding at Christie’s latest evening s ...

Book fair returns to Harrogate hotel for spring event. The PBFA (Provincial Booksellers and Fairs Association) next event is in Harrogate where the fair returns to The Old Swan Ho ...

Architectural salvage dealer plans retirement auction. Salvage dealers Wilson’s Yard in Dromore, County Down are closing and selling their remaining stock with Cavan auction hou ...

Top stories this week including Sotheby’s raising its buyer’s premium. The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of auction house Sotheby’s rais ...

Mayfair antiquities dealer part of the team revealing a 154-million-year-old fossil. Natural history and antiquities gallery David Aaron is involved in the planned exhibition of a ...

Kent County Council offloads further artworks at auction. Auction house Sworders is selling a second tranche of artworks consigned by Kent County Council.

Reynolds portrait of Princess Diana’s ancestor emerges at Monaco auction. A portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) of Lavinia Bingham (1762-1831), Countess Spencer, will be o ...

When they first came into use in the 1830s, friction matches were hazardous and could combust without warning, so vesta cases were something of a necessity. But as their production became more ...

"In their view, we Londoners know little about God, and nothing about pottery". Royal Doulton's rise from London makers of domestic stonewares to an internationally-recognised Staffordshire Potteries ...