Front Page and News

A watercolour by the Expressionist painter Emil Nolde (1867-1956) which has undergone a year-long authentication process is being offered at a Shropshire auction.

The UK’s ban on the trade in antique scrimshaw and narwhal tusks will come into force on January 28.

EBay has effectively placed a buyer’s premium on sales from private vendors with the introduction of its Buyer Protection scheme.

An American beer can achieved a record $80,000 (£63,850) at Morean Auctions in Brimfield, Massachusetts, at the end of last year. With buyer's premium added, the price was $93,600.

A fragment from HMS Bounty that has been discovered in an attic is coming to auction in Derby on February 26.

British artist Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863-1937) is closely associated with the Bloomsbury Group, the famous collective of writers, intellectuals and artists in early 20th-century London.

The Hans Coper (1920-81) mural that sold at a recent auction in Germany will be going in display in the UK this month, it has emerged.

Executive chairman of Phillips Ed Dolman is standing down in 2025 and will be succeeded by Martin Wilson.

Auction house Sotheby’s is to roll back the commission structure it introduced just seven months ago.

A bible written and illuminated by the Sarum Master has returned to Salisbury Cathedral 700 years after being written there.

A better second half of the year and strong private sales helped Christie’s make the best of a difficult 2024.