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Bonhams has changed the price thresholds for its buyer’s premium. The new rates in the UK exactly mirror Christie’s charges but are slightly different to Sotheby’s adjusted fees structure which comes into force next month.

An auction of contemporary and post-war British art will be held in Sudbury this month to raise funds to establish a national centre for the artist Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88).

Baldwin’s of St James’s set a new record for a British five pounds piece when a “good, extremely fine” example of the 1839 ‘Una and the Lion’ five pounds coin took £340,000.

An exhibition showcasing more than 250 years’ worth of Derby porcelain takes place at the 'Antiques for Everyone' fair in Birmingham next month.

A former bank building in Bishop Auckland in County Durham will reopen as a museum this month housing a collection of art made by former miners in the area.

Sotheby’s posted a record price for any piece of Chinese ceramics sold at auction after a rare Ru guanyao brush washer drew a 20 minute bidding battle in Hong Kong.

A plywood chair made in 1949 has been named the best example of 20th century design at the PAD London fair, which opened yesterday.