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Logistics firm DHL is to change its policy on shipping knives and other bladed articles from March 1, applying a ban on carrying blades over 8in (20.3cm) long on its Express service.

This Dutch East Indies gold mounted tortoiseshell betel box hammered at £15,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) on the opening day of the sale held by Mellors & Kirk in Nottingham on February 11-12.

Treasure finds in the UK are at an all-year high, a report has found.

A gentleman (Dukatenscheißer) with his trousers pulled down excreting a gilt metal coin from his bottom or a composition nodder of a grotesque women beating a child might not be for everyone.

Forum Auctions has set a record for a copy of JRR Tolkien’s 'The Lord of the Rings'.

The collection of Selim Zilkha (1927-2022), founder of Mothercare, represented a stern test of the market for early English silver.

The closure of Roma Numismatics and competition from overseas meant total sales across London coins and medals auctions fell to £51.7m in 2024.

As with last year’s equivalent sales, the winter Old Masters auctions in New York looked a little thin.

In last week’s news story about auction house overall sales totals for 2024 (ATG No 2679) we said that the highest-value objects sold in the UK by any regional auction house last year were two Antonine over-lifesize busts of empresses which hammered at £600,000 each at Lyon & Turnbull.

Focusing on the single-owner space helped both Dreweatts and Lyon & Turnbull to achieve strong numbers in 2024.

An early 16th century carved oak panel that may depict Catherine of Aragon and her daughter Mary (later Mary I) has sold for £13,000 at auction in Sussex.

London summer event The Treasure House Fair has appointed Simon Phillips of Mayfair gallery Ronald Phillips as chairman of the fair and the advisory board.

A family-owned antiques centre in Lancaster is set to close its doors after 34 years in business.