News

Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) refused to have his own work hung where he could see it. Though the paintings he created were personal and intimate, he said that he had “absolutely no desire to collect my own work”.

An art dealer has been jailed for the theft of £500,000 worth of paintings.

Auctioneers Phillips have raised its buyer’s premium with the changes effective immediately.

‘Remember the Alamo’ is the famous battle cry of the Texans after their comrades were overwhelmed by a Mexican force in 1836. But have you heard ‘Remember Scarborough’?

A Poundland notebook helped convict a fraudster attempting to sell fake antiques through auction houses in London and Essex.

The boyfriend of the late silver dealer Robyn Mercer who was murdered in March last year has appeared in court charged with forging her will.

The wide and varied militaria and ethnographica collection of the civil servant and financial expert De Weledg. Heer P. Lamaison Van Heenvliet (1857-1941) will be offered later this month at Tennants of Leyburn.