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 ...

How Sir Barnes Wallis found his marbles and created the Bouncing Bomb for the Dambusters. Set of marbles used in experiments by the renowned inventor ahead of Operation Chastise s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

They did this to avoid the perils of travel and (after 1784) to escape paying duty in a region where a heathy distain for the Hanoverians persisted well into the 19 th century. Currently some 30 ...

The earliest collectors of firearms were probably monarchs intent on amassing armouries to demonstrate their wealth and power. They also became patrons, employing expert craftsmen to create better and ...

It was very much a local concern and local is the best word to describe the scope of factory and its wares, the geographical spread of its original clientele and, by and large, the nature of its ...