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Appearance of painting not seen since the 1930s causes a stir as a possible lost work rediscovered

During a summer walk-through of a home in Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, Frank Kaminski saw something that compelled his attention. Emerging from beneath a pile of boxes and blankets was a highly detailed carved paw foot.

Artists’ portfolios prove popular as Swiss auctioneer’s own firm disperses items from his personal library

The Cybis company, founded in 1940 in Astoria, New York, by Boleslaw Cybis (1895-1957) and his wife Marja (1905-58) produced porcelain figures for almost 80 years before it closed in 2019. Among its best-known models is a chess set.

The Autumn Fine Interiors auction at Hutchinson Scott in Skipton, North Yorkshire featured a Lancashire collection of Royal Worcester porcelain.

After more than 140 years out of the public eye, two maiolica plaques by the celebrated Renaissance artist Francesco Xanto Avelli (1487-1542) sold for £38,000 each at auction in Salisbury.

The Victoria and Albert Museum has acquired a rare c.1910 Suffragette Christmas card after it was donated by WeBuyVintage.

Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Bonhams are again selling in this market as the autumn season gets under way

Sim Fine Art’s annual catalogue Holding the Line devoted to British war art is now in its 16th year.

Chorley’s (25% buyer’s premium) first dedicated Islamic & Indian sale section was based around a single consignment: an East India Company (EIC) archive that came by direct descent from Sir Charles William Rouse Boughton (1747-1821).