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The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of an Irish antiques sleuth making a major profit on a £200 eBay purchase.

Featuring a mix of the acclaimed, forgotten and rarely seen artist, Darnley Fine Art is putting female painters in the spotlight this Christmas

The UK government has placed a temporary export bar on two Roman mosaics dating from the fourth century AD. Together they are valued at £560,000.

The pen-and-ink drawing by Paul Trevillion was personally signed by the former prime minister at his offices in 1955

Highlights of London Art Week this winter include specialist exhibitions focusing on single artists

The National Horseracing Museum in Newmarket has put on display a portrait of Charles II which it bought at auction earlier this year.

The manuscript of Franz Kafka’s short story 'Erstes Leid', or First Sorrow, accompanied by a three-page letter to his publisher will appear at auction in Hamburg on November 23.

You might think that when a picture is covered in dirt, suffers from a puncture and paint losses, and also has a tear so large you could put your hand through it, then that would ‘kill’ its prospects at auction.

Making its first appearance in 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', the map was used to track the whereabouts of teachers and students in Hogwarts

ForgeLynch is getting into the Christmas spirit with an exhibition called 'Gifts from the Ancient World'.

The pocket watch was awarded to the captain of RMS Carpathia, whose captain and crew saved more than 700 people

Lot number four, estimated at €8000-10,000, achieved the most spectacular result at Van Ham’s (27% buyer’s premium) sale of paintings on November 14 in Cologne.

'Buccaneers of America' by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin offered a rare glimpse into the eye-opening exploits of pirates in the Caribbean