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The company behind ‘micro’ fairs 'Trois Crayons' and 'Studiolo' has hired a full-time chief executive officer ahead of expansion plans.

The latest Old Master auctions in London produced the highest total for a December series for seven years.

The city of Newcastle enjoyed a long gold and silversmithing tradition.

A record has been set for a Maori work of art sold at auction in New Zealand.

A painting of David with the head of Goliath set a record for Guido Reni (1575-1642) when it was knocked down at €10.1m (£8.86m) at an auction in France.

Numerous pieces of British Aesthetic movement and Arts & Crafts silver were up for sale at Lempertz (26% buyer’s premium) in Cologne on November 21.

While Alan Turing has for some time now quite rightly received credit for his work at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, the contributions of the women who worked there can still be overlooked.

On Thursday, December 4, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $4215.43 / €3596.96 / £3145.85

As well as a busy life as a dealer, Karen Stuckey also finds time to organise the Wanstead Vintage Fair which runs four times a year.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including dealer Wartski buying Fabergé's The Winter Egg.

An oil of a scarlet ibis by Philip Reinagle (1749-1833) is among the works starring at Rafael Valls this month.

If this view of London by William Richardson (1814-99) looks as if St Paul’s Cathedral has been magically transported to the mouth of the Grand Canal in Venice, that might not be too surprising.

Sir Henry Doulton placed great importance on international exhibitions to promote the work of both of his factories.

Dealer Spencer Swaffer on the high street in Arundel has unveiled his famous Christmas window for this season.

For most of the buttoned-up Grand Tourists who visited Florence in the final years of the 19th century, it was only proper to take home a marble copy of a sober Renaissance or antique masterpiece. The Bazzanti or Frilli galleries were the place to go for a David or a Venus.

Ernest Gimson (1864-1919), a central figure in the British Arts & Crafts Movement, applied a clear, pared-back design approach influenced by William Morris.

Sale of collection with superb furniture included high-quality 18th century items in a different field