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The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a cabinet cup and saucer decorated by perhaps the most skilled of all Sèvres painters being spotted at a UK regional auction.

The gravestone of Edmund Joy in Barton Turf church, Norfolk reveals that he died in 1744 and is the only clue to who may have made this unusual work

Mary Headlam was professionally successful but sold little of her work during her lifetime. Abbott and Holder are highlighting her unseen oeuvre

The pair of boots, marked with a tally of goals, were given to Best when he was playing for his youth team in Belfast

Sloane Street Auctions’ sale saw 39 Thatcher-related lots sell for £330,000 in total including premium

A painting known as ‘the Wantage Botticelli’ which emerged from a British aristocratic collection after 120 years drew a strong bidding battle at Sotheby’s latest Old Master evening sale in London.

The expansion is a vote of confidence to the method of timed sales

An Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) equine painting led Christie’s latest evening sale of Old Masters in London.

Over the last decade, portraits from the 1920s by Dod Procter (1891-1972) have become increasingly valuable.

A unique sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) has been blocked from export following its sale at Christie’s in London earlier this year.

The latest jobs moves and appointments across the world of art and antiques

With a focus on the unusual, Rafael Valls is paying homage to a method of collecting that inspired some of the world's most respected museums.