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 ...

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.

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 ...

A cello bow by fêted maker François-Xavier Tourte is to be offered for sale on December 4 at Vichy Enchères with an estimate of €300,000-350,000. Made in 1815-20, it could eclipse the current auction ...

Leading Japanese works of art specialist Suzannah Yip is now working in partnership with Alastair Gibson Auctions in Kent. At Sotheby's until 2007, Yip founded and led Bonhams’ Japanese works of art ...

A church in north-west London is appealing for help to recover a stolen chair. The specially made item - one of a pair - disappeared from St Cuthbert’s Church in Fordwych Road, We… ...