The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of the 23-year-old auction record for Mouseman furniture being broken by an exceptionally large dining table ...

After 1840, F. & R. Pratt of Fenton in Staffordshire, became the leading (but not the only) manufacturer of multicoloured transfer printed pot lids and a huge range of related wares. Long admired for ...

The form emerged in the early 18 th century, though the origin of the name is obscure. Chairs of this type were manufactured in large numbers in the Thames Valley in Buckinghamshire, and Windsor may ...

Bidding war erupts over what auction house describes as “the rarest Bobby Charlton card in the hobby”. Little is known about Soiree Cigarettes or the firm behind them* and it is only thanks to the ...

A jug dating to 750BC and due to be auctioned at Cotswold Auction Company in Cirencester will now be returning to Cyprus. It will be repatriated as part of a scheme to recover lost antiquities and is ...

HMRC will increase the fees for anti-money laundering (AML) supervision. Art and antiques dealers and auction houses that must comply with anti-money laundering regulations … ...

A 15th century Flemish devotional triptych discovered in an almshouse in Dorset is to be offered at auction next month with an estimate of £2.5m-3.5m.

It is apparently not unusual for Christie’s to receive approaches from people claiming to have a work by a great Renaissance master. However, back in March, a man on the west coast of the US, sent an ...

Newbury auction house Dreweatts has hired Henry House from Sotheby’s. He will join as chief executive officer in early 2026, working with chairman Will Richards.

Works showing quiet and comfortable domestic settings feature prominently in the output of the prolific French artist Henri Lebasque (1865-1937). While he also painted lavish interiors, nudes and post ...

The British government has temporarily blocked the export of a group of 19th century Hindu paintings in the hope a UK institution will raise funds to buy them. The c.1810 pictures are from a Hindu ...

A pocket watch belonging to a first-class passenger who lost his life on the Titanic was hammered down at £1.5m, or £1.78m including 22.5% buyer’s premium. The 18ct Jules Jurgensen gold watch, which ...