News in Brief

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including writers’ association English PEN launching a campaign to raise the required funds to buy the copy of 'Lady Chatterley’s Lover' used by the judge in the infamous obscenity trial following its sale at Sotheby's last year.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the appointment of Jonny Fowle as the first ever spirits specialist at Sotheby’s.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including two key appointments at Phillips.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of The National Galleries of Scotland and the Victoria & Albert Museum jointly buying a portrait of the Scottish architect and designer James Adam via a New York Old Master dealer.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Chiswick Auctions launching a department for cars and automobilia.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of the Louvre Museum in Paris buying Eugène Delacroix's (1798-1863) sketchbooks featuring views of London.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a Doctor Who archive owned by the late production designer and art director, Derek Dodd, selling at Roseberys.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the Cotswolds Art & Antiques Dealers’ Association (CADA) fair looking for a new home.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Nobel prize-winning economist setting a new record for any item sold in an online-only sale.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Lyon & Turnbull no longer selling antique items made from rhino horn.

The ice pick carried by geologist Frank Debenham (1883-1965) during the doomed Terra Nova British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13 sold for £22,000 (plus buyer’s premium) at Cheffins earlier this month. The estimate was just £200-400.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a new jewellery sale format at Fellows in Birmingham

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Masterpiece fair taking a ‘pavilion’ within the Fine Art Asia fair.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Art UK's launch of a digital catalogue for the nation's public sculptures.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Christie's working with Italian authorities to voluntarily return a group of eight antiquities to Italy.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the consignment of a large collection Anglo-Saxon objects excavated from a pagan cemetery for private sale at Hansons.

A large bronze Cambodian ceremonial bell from the south-east Asian Bronze Age was the top-seller at the Peter Petrou: Tales of the Unexpected auction at Christie’s last week.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Hertfordshire County Council's consignment of Mod Brit pictures to Cheffins.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the Bodleian Libraries' purchase of a rare 15th century French Gothic coffer.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Defra's notice regarding the movement of CITES-listed natural history items in the event of a No deal Brexit,