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 ...

LAPADA dealers will not take part in this summer’s 'The Game Fair'. Art and antiques dealers had been part of the event since 2021. At this summer’s fair, running from … ...

A funerary stela was essentially the ancient Egyptian equivalent of a tombstone, … ...

Billed as ‘the last opportunity to own something very personal from the family’s own collection’, a group of drawings, paintings, letters and memorabilia relating to Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) ...

A new record has been set for a luxury handbag as the 'original' Hermès Birkin bag was hammered down at €7m at Sotheby's in Paris. The black leather bag is called the original as it was owned and ...

Discovered buried in the back of a closet in the US, a rare surviving copy of Peter Henry Emerson’s 1886 work ‘Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads’ sold for £40,000 at Roseberys today. Regarded ...

A new exhibition of works from King Charles’ private collection allows a comparison of His Majesty's handiwork and a professional artist. More than 70 works of art from King Charles’ private ...

Photo London to be first artworld event held at newly refurbished Olympia. The newly redeveloped Olympia, set to be unveiled later this year after a £1.3bn makeover, will host 'P ...

A new swathe of woodland in Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire has been planted as part of estate agents and auction house Cheffins’ 200-year anniversary. Located five miles from Cambridge city centre, the 2500 ...

Neil Lanham, now 87, has published his account of 70 years in the auction world, documenting his car… ...

Leica prototype takes seven-figure sum. A Leica prototype camera took a hammer price of €6m (€7.2m including premium) against an estimate of €1.5m-2m at an auction in Austri ...

The third (and final) Downton Abbey film is set to be released in September and a goodbye auction of the hit TV series and film franchise’s props is being hosted by Bonhams. The Downton Abbey auction, ...