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Fine art was one of the best-performing areas at The Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia, which closed its 27th edition last week after a seven-day run (October 31-November 5).

Footballer Neil Ruddock’s nickname was Razor Ruddock. Brian Kilcline became Killer Kilcline. Going back a bit further, Ron Harris roved on the pitch as Chopper Harris. Going back a lot further, Billy Wedlock’s nickname was Fatty. Or the India Rubber Man.

A previously unrecorded set of globe gores that name America for the first time will be offered at Christie's in London on December 9.

A bronze statue by Henri Matisse has been rediscovered after it was stolen nearly 30 years ago.

Camille Pissarro’s ‘Picking Peas’ is at the centre of a court battle in France between its current owner and descendants of the Jewish owner who was forced to part with it by the Nazis during the Second World War.

A pair of small but exquisite famille-rose decorated Yongzheng porcelain cups led Sotheby’s sale of Chinese art in London earlier today when they were knocked down at £1.6m. Offered as a single lot, the price was over three times the amount they had fetched at auction 13 years ago.