2024

The Het Noordbrabants Museum in the Netherlands has acquired one of Vincent van Gogh’s (1853-1890) early portraits for €8.6m (£7.16m).

Early in February 1941, Eric Ravilious (1903-42) wrote to EM O'Rourke Dickey at the Ministry of Information regarding a new commission. ‘I've just had a long visit from a Mr. Gerald Holtom who seems very much to want designs for textiles for some Cotton Board. It would make a change to do this for a bit, and he assures me the whole thing is urgent and necessary.’

Propstore’s auction in London on November 14 will feature props from Star Wars, James Bond and Batman

One of the earliest examples – possibly the every first in existence – came up for auction at Berkshire auction house Loddon

Antiques Roadshow experts will be giving talks on their respective specialist areas for the Huguenot Museum

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

A collection of 254 gold and silver coins spanning different Greek eras and geographical areas sold for a total hammer price of £3.14m at Noonans – a record for the Mayfair auction house.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included the results of an 18-month research project into a rare 17th century painting of black and white women.

Trevor Francis won the European Cup twice with Nottingham Forest and both winner’s medals were snapped up at auction at Piers Motley

A group of Banksy prints, stencils, sketches, handwritten notes and personal artefacts is being auctioned by the artist’s former agent Steve Lazarides.

Christie’s latest evening sale of Modern British and Irish Art got off to a flying start.

Count Manfredi della Gherardesca was known as one of the most colourful and culturally erudite figures in the global art scene. Ceramics were just one of his passions.

The Irish musician’s guitar collection, including his famous Fender Stratocaster, appeared at a dedicated Bonhams sales

The collection of London dealers Alan and Mary Hobart, who founded the Pyms Gallery in the 1970s, has been consigned to Christie’s.

Gurr Johns, the art advisor that owns UK auction house Dreweatts, has opened an office in Paris.

A rare English silkwork portrait miniature of Charles I sold for a multi-estimate £8000 at Bellmans’ in Billingshurst on October 15.

The glut of auctions held during the week-long period of the ‘Frieze London’ and ‘Frieze Masters’ fairs generated an overall £184m including premium, roughly in line with the total from the equivalent sales last year.

Next year marks the 220th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the most famous naval battle in British history.

The niche collectors’ market of mechanical music sings the right notes with another outing for Laurence Fisher Consultancy’s Mechanical Music Auction and Social-Meet Event.

Works by David Bomberg (1890-1957) are a valuable proposition at auction, especially those with an attractive Spanish subject.