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Modern British artist Joan Warburton (1920-1996) is having a moment in the art market.

A collection of furniture, silver, works of art, carpets and books from the estate of artist John Singer Sargent’s grand-niece will be offered at Chorley’s on September 15.

Among the museum purchases at TEFAF Maastricht earlier this year was a table sold by a Brighton dealer to Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in a deal that has just been announced.

One of the most enduring and as yet unresolved questions in mountaineering and exploration is ‘who was the first man to stand on top of Mount Everest?’

A clutch of high-end dealers have signed up to exhibit at the LAPADA Fair in Berkeley Square this autumn, building on momentum started last year.

Christie’s has reported its best first-half results in five years while Sotheby’s posted its highest ever figures for the same period.

A previously unrecorded portrait of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy has set a house record for Wimbledon Auctions (25% buyer’s premium).

Last month The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 came into force, updating the 2017 rules.

A drawing from the early part of Thomas Gainsborough's (1727-88) career, dating from 1748 when the artist was 20 years old, sold to the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cheffins' latest fine art sale.

Thieves broke into The Lalique Museum in the early hours of July 5 and stole 27 items of jewellery valued in the region of €4.5m.