The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of two Old Masters selling well beyond their estimates at sales across the Atlantic ...

A rare copy of one of Rembrandt’s greatest portrait etchings established a new saleroom high for an Old Master print. Arnout ...

Gloucestershire numismatists Silbury Coins is offering a collection of Iron age coins dubbed the Tarrant Gunville Hoard. The gold and silver staters were discovered in the east Dorset parish of ...

A chair dated to 1703 has been stolen from St Marys the Virgin Church in Gisburn, Lancashire. The wainscot chair was stolen sometime between November 9-15.

A painting of a musician by Dutch artist Gerrit Dou (1613-75) led Christie’s latest Old Master evening sale in London.

Auction house expansions, relocations and hires around the UK and US. A round up of the latest Movers and Shakers ...

Christie’s broke the 13-year-old auction record for a print by William Blake (1757-1827) at its Old Masters to Modern day sale on December 3.

This muscular George IV rosewood and brass inlaid partners’ li… ...

Among the high prices for pictures at auction towards the tail-end of 2025 were a string of significant sums in the Modern British market. A handful came at Chiswick Auctions’ (26% buyer’s premium) ...

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 ...

A group of works by James Lynch (b.1956) brought good competition in the regions after emerging at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) of Dorchester, Dorset.

British awards and decorations have many fascinating stories. There are two major categories: campaign medals and gallantry medals. Campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, ...