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A photograph album of the ‘real Downton Abbey’ has been revealed after 120 years and will be up for auction next month.

Art dealer Guy Wildenstein has been cleared of tax fraud in a surprise verdict following a criminal trial in Paris.

An independent print fair is being launched in South Yorkshire this summer offering a selection of affordable prints and textiles by contemporary British artists.

The British Antique Dealers’ Association will relocate in March to a new office in Bloomsbury with space to host events such as BADA Talks, seminars and workshops as well as council meetings.

The first Antiques Roadshow in a new series, filmed at Tewkesbury Abbey and broadcast on Sunday, reached 6.4m viewers. It has beaten BBC drama Sherlock in the Sunday primetime slot which managed 6m according to overnight rating figures.

A series of drawings and watercolours from the collection of Eton College go on display as a loan exhibition next month at the 2017 “Works on Paper Fair”.

London firm Criterion Auctioneers has left its Wandsworth saleroom after 13 years at the south London site following an issue with the landlord.

Christie’s specialist Jonathan Laib has left the auction house to take up a role as director at contemporary art dealers David Zwirner this month.

Police are appealing to the antiques trade to look out for a rose gold Victorian ring that was among a collection of jewellery stolen from a home in Godalming, Surrey.

Sotheby’s has created a new luxury division to oversee the selling of items such as jewellery and cars.

Evelyn Waugh fans should listen up: one of the writer’s ear trumpets will be offered at auction.

In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others – from Princess Diana letters to landlord disputes.

Oxford’s sole antiques centre is hoping for a buyer to save it from closure in March.

A rare European gold coin found by a dog-walker on a Cornish beach is to be auctioned in Penzance later this month.

Old Master dealer Johnny Van Haeften has relaunched his business from his home in south-west London following a property deal that has forced a clutch of dealers to vacate their Duke Street homes.

Phillips has made two new hires in the Americas from rival Christie’s as it continues to expand in the region.

The hive of art world activity in the Big Apple in January kicks off with the New York International Numismatic Convention, or NYINC, which takes place at the Waldorf Astoria.