Stolen

Burglars in a pick-up truck and an SUV ram raided the Petworth antiques fair at the weekend, stealing jewellery and cash belonging to dealers exhibiting at the three-day fair.

Pictures by contemporary artists Howard Hodgkin, Sir Peter Blake and Gilbert & George and sculptures by William Turnbull have been stolen from a home in Leicestershire.

A police appeal has been launched for the recovery of two Frank Auerbach (b.1931) paintings as part of a fraud investigation.

A prolific pensioner art thief has been sentenced to two years in jail. Police are now calling for help to locate a painting that he stole from a private members’ club in London.

A Pablo Picasso painting missing for nearly 20 years has been recovered by the so-called real-life ‘Indiana Jones’ of the art world.

The Met Police’s Flying Squad are appealing for help to find a gang of criminals who reportedly tunnelled into jewellery dealer George Attenborough & Son on Fleet Street.

A large haul of vintage costume jewellery has been stolen from a car in Birmingham and its owner is appealing to the trade to help recover the items.

The owner of a group of medals stolen from a car in south London is calling on the trade to help her locate them.

The police and the owners of a Cartier jewel-encrusted tiara are appealing for help to track it down after it was stolen from The Welbeck Estate in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

It has been reported that a man and two accomplices walked into auction house Dorotheum in Vienna earlier this week and walked out with a Renoir that was due to be auctioned.

An antiques dealer is appealing to the trade to help locate stolen stock.

Red House Antiques Centre in York was the victim of an audacious ‘Mission Impossible’ style burglary.

A collection of rare Leica cameras and equipment has been stolen from a company in the Scottish Highlands.

Police are investigating the theft of a Chinese Ningxia rug which was taken from the gallery of C John yesterday.

A coconut shell spoon has gone missing from Galerie Meyer, a specialist in Oceanic and Eskimo art in Paris.

Danish police are appealing to the antiques trade to help track down a large collection of silver that was stolen in a burglary on September 8.