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An early 17th-century shaped linen ruffler, believed to be the only known example to ever appear at auction, was hammered down at £230,000 – 30-times its estimate – in south London.

An 18th century carved oak chair has been stolen from a Buckinghamshire church.

A new auction high for a Moorcroft vase was set as the previous record holder returned to the rostrum.

A group of Alan Turing papers smashed estimates at auction in Lichfield.

A piece that holds the record for a Moorcroft vase at auction returns to the rostrum this week.

The stricken Moorcroft pottery business will have a member of the founder's family involved with the firm for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Jewellery specialist Geoffrey Munn has placed his personal collection of historical jewels on permanent loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum.

A rare self-portrait by William Dobson (1611-46) has been jointly acquired by Tate Britain and the National Portrait Gallery in a £2.37m private treaty sale brokered by dealer Hazlitt.

A scarce Louis Vuitton wardrobe steamer trunk dating from the 1920s or earlier sold for £130,000 hammer (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at John Nicholson’s on June 11.

A rediscovered portrait of author George Eliot will go on display at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery.

Two furniture experts have been fined and sentenced following a long-running French fake furniture scandal.

King Charles III visited the antiques and vintage dealers of Old Spitalfields Market on Thursday, June 5 as part of a trip to east London.

Ten art and antiques dealers have loaned art and objects to this year’s WOW!house in Chelsea.