2024

Two early poster designs for Rolling Stones UK tours were offered at Bonhams on November 25

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a desk belonging to Margaret Thatcher offered at Sloane Street Auctions.

The letter to Mozart’s music publisher was offered at auction in Malaga

Modern British Art Gallery is hosting an online exhibition with a nod to the season, titled 'The Art of Christmas 2024 part II... with Trumpets and Angels'

A medal made to be given to Pacific islanders who encountered Cook and his crew appeared at RWB Auctions in Wiltshire

Ahead of next year's event, galleries from Asia Week New York have seected some potential gift idea.

A Dickin Medal – the animal equivalent of the VC – has sold for £50,000 at coin and medal auctioneers Morton and Eden.

A signed study for a major work by Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) drew significant competition when it appeared at West Sussex auction house Bellmans (25% buyer’s premium).

The pair, once stolen from the Judy Garland Museum, sold for almost ten times their estimate at Heritage Auctions

With estimates from £400, here are six previews of items coming up at auction this week

A complete collection of the books published by Kelmscott Press – the passion project of William Morris (1834-96) – will be offered at auction for the first time at Bonhams in New York on December 17.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a cabinet cup and saucer decorated by perhaps the most skilled of all Sèvres painters being spotted at a UK regional auction.

Perhaps you’ve been swishing through Mayfair at the weekend, laden with designer bags and planned to pop into Grays Antique Market.

The gravestone of Edmund Joy in Barton Turf church, Norfolk reveals that he died in 1744 and is the only clue to who may have made this unusual work

Mary Headlam was professionally successful but sold little of her work during her lifetime. Abbott and Holder are highlighting her unseen oeuvre

The pair of boots, marked with a tally of goals, were given to Best when he was playing for his youth team in Belfast

Sloane Street Auctions’ sale saw 39 Thatcher-related lots sell for £330,000 in total including premium

A painting known as ‘the Wantage Botticelli’ which emerged from a British aristocratic collection after 120 years drew a strong bidding battle at Sotheby’s latest Old Master evening sale in London.

The expansion is a vote of confidence to the method of timed sales

An Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) equine painting led Christie’s latest evening sale of Old Masters in London.