2025

Italy has announced a cut in VAT for art and antiques from 22% to 5%, making it lower than any other EU state. The country also aims to halve VAT on imports to 5%.

LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair is returning on October 28-November 2.

The ‘quintessential’ Cotswolds property Ready Token House near Cirencester has had an interesting recent history.

The latest news from around auction houses, dealers and conservation specialists

An 18th century violin has been stolen from a member of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra and the Met Police are hoping to trace their chief suspect.

A scarce copy of a pioneering photograph book showing views of the Norfolk Broads has been consigned to south London saleroom Roseberys.

A group of bronze statues have been stolen from a manor house in Wiltshire during a jazz festival.

A new one-day multi-dealer venture opens in central London this week.

With estimates from £800, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

Bonhams is offering a rare portrait of former US President Abraham Lincoln seated with his young son Tad.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a rare Louis Vuitton steamer trunk from the 1920s or earlier making a six figure sum at a Surrey auction.

Back with a new spot in the calendar, highlights of FAB Paris include a cross-collecting exhibition between six dealerships and a showcase of 18th century decorative arts.

Provenance is all important when it comes to the works of Alfred Wallis (1855-1942).

An early 17th-century shaped linen ruffler, believed to be the only known example to ever appear at auction, was hammered down at £230,000 – 30-times its estimate – in south London.

The new president of CINOA has issued a call for unity across the cultural sector in response to “increasingly restrictive legislation affecting the global art and antiques trade”.

An 18th century carved oak chair has been stolen from a Buckinghamshire church.

A new auction high for a Moorcroft vase was set as the previous record holder returned to the rostrum.

The artist Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938) was something of a jack of all trades. But contrary to the old adage he was a master of many.

A group of rare coins discovered hidden in a wall in a house in France sold at auction for €3m (£2.5m).

A group of Alan Turing papers smashed estimates at auction in Lichfield.