2024

The Raab Collection has some unique and fascinating Churchilliana on sale

Vendor looks to double their money after discovering Anthony Van Dyck’s ‘only surviving landscape’ on the back of equestrian portrait

The written note was from passenger Richard William Smith, who perished with 1500 others three days later

A 14th-century mosque lamp from Egypt or Syria achieved the highest price for a glass object at auction when it sold at four times estimate at Bonhams in London yesterday.

Sotheby’s is planning its first auction in Saudi Arabia in what will be the first sale to be held by an international auction house in the kingdom.

Among a group of works from the estate of the late photographer Dorothy Bohm (1924-2023) offered at a recent Lyon & Turnbull sale was a photo taken at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge in the early 1980s.

A temporary export bar has been placed on a needlework sampler by an 11-year-old 19th century schoolgirl depicting the Menai Bridge in Anglesey.

With estimates from £150, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of Dreweatts’ sale of items from the Leeds and London dealership Tomasso.

Recently rediscovered in a German family collection where they have been for at least a century, a pair of Ming dynasty wucai ‘fish’ jars and covers have sold at Sotheby’s for £8.3m.

A trademark painting by Henry Pether (1800-80) attracted significant interest and sold for a solid price at Kinghams (25% buyer’s premium) latest Fine & Decorative Arts sale.

More than £20,000 worth of items were stolen from National Trust property Montacute House in Somerset last month.

A large number of items were withdrawn at Lay’s sale of the Charlestown Shipwreck Museum collection after a last-minute offer from the Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST) secured 500 lots.

Christie’s will offer a further 90 Rembrandt prints from the collection of the late Sam Josefowitz next month.

After the latest US election, a series of presidential memorabilia is appearing in a New York auction.

It's been a lively few years for the royal family and artist Rob Pointon has captured key moments which can now be seen in a new exhibition.

A large and historic view of Bilbao in Spain was among the lots bringing competition at a recent sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (26% buyer’s premium) in Exeter.

Collection includes vast number of coins accumulated by a former fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society

Is Surrealism having a renaissance? A century after the discipline launched its manifesto a new gallery chooses to hone in on the art of the subconscious

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