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The first part of an auction series offering a remarkable array of coins buried in Europe for over 50 years to prevent them from being looted during Nazi invasion kicked off with a focus on British and colonial milled coins from Charles II to George V.

There has been a shake-up of the global leadership team at auction house Phillips.

Stelios Galatopoulos (1932-2022) was a respected Greek music critic (Cypriot-born) who was based in London.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a group of eight antiquities being returned to Peru after a US investigation

Sotheby’s Geneva offered a collection of 30 Fabergé animals from the Castle Howard estate in a timed online sale ending May 16.

Christie’s has announced a major highlight for its Old Masters evening sale in London on July 1.

Like many English joiners of his time, not a great deal is known about the private life of Gerrit Jensen.

On Friday, May 23, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $3331.26 / €2937.18 / £2467.60

There’s no denying that we live in uncertain times. The impact of recent financial turmoil has hit dealers and collectors alike.

A very early enamel map of the London Underground will be unveiled at a specialist fair next month.

Like Toulouse Lautrec, Ramon Casas y Carbo (1866-1932) was not only an avant-garde artist but a master poster maker and graphic designer.

A well-documented George III eight-drawer drum library table attributed to Gillows hammered for $75,000 (£56,300) at Andrew Jones (25% buyer’s premium) in Los Angeles.

Shown here is a 1st Pattern Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife by Wilkinson, London that belonged to Major Charles George Gibson ‘Pat’ Riley DCM (1915-99), one of the founding members of ‘L’ Detachment, SAS Brigade in 1941.

Chiswick Auctions (26% buyer’s premium) held a sale titled The Art of Nature – a themed catalogue of art and antiques based on the natural world.

Guy De Rougemont’s 'Nuage' (Cloud) coffee table was among the striking examples of modern design sold at the latest 'TEFAF New York' held from May 9-13 (with an invitation-only preview on May 8).

A legend in the world of antiques left this mortal coil on the May 10. George Stacpoole was one of the founders in 1964 and long-term president of the Irish Antiques Dealers Association (IADA).

The Barbarians jersey worn by JPR Williams (1949-2024) in one of rugby union’s most famous matches sold at Rogers Jones (22% buyer’s premium) for £27,500 on April 10.

A postcard letter written by a survivor of the Titanic disaster sold for £230,000 (£300,000 with premium included) at Henry Aldridge & Son last month – a record for a letter related to the disaster.

Two pictures with natural history subjects drew the strongest competition among Indian works of art consigned from the collection of the late Francis Golding (1944-2013) to Roseberys (26% buyer’s premium).

Woolley & Wallis is offering what it hails as a collection of military medals given to “one of Britain’s most distinguished soldiers of the 20th century”.