Greek, Roman, Egyptian & Other Antiquities

From a deceased estate in Christchurch, this Attic black-figured terracotta neck amphora sold at £23,000 (estimate £3000-5000) at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) of Dorchester.

Biannual sale at Gloucestershire firm once again provides eclectic range of lots from across the globe

In 1830 the French government organised a competition for a painting to decorate the wall of the Chamber of Deputies’ Sessions Hall in the Palais Bourbon.

Bust once thought to be 18th century reassessed as 1st century AD after auction house’s research

London’s Treasure House Fair concluded last week after a seven-day run and many sales.

Only a very few coin dies have survived from antiquity so there was great interest in the Hellenistic examples offered by Apollo Art Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) on June 8.

London is host to two stand-out antiquities exhibitions.

Although cautiously catalogued, the Library Collection sale at Adam’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Dublin on April 29 included three pieces of Roman statuary that had been in an Irish private collection since around 1940.

A Roman marble bust of the tyrannical Emperor Commodus attracted a flurry of bids at Mallams (25% buyer’s premium) in Oxford.

Elaborate cruet frames from the pre-revolutionary period stand out in a traditional sale selection

Cellars and attics at famous Norfolk estate are cleared out as part of ‘housework’ to allow guided tours

Treasure finds in the UK are at an all-year high, a report has found.