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A Suffolk auction house has successfully received an exemption certificate for an early 20th century ivory figure following a complex appeals process.

The art and antiques market is braced to fight rising business rates following government changes in the spring.

A recent sale of ancient art at Apollo Art Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) included a series of Roman polychrome mosaic panels that came for sale from a private London collection.

It’s all over for another four years, the tears, the cheers, the clashes and the cards at the World Cup.

A selection of three fairs in different parts of the country taking place in August

The new rules aimed to prevent objects of illicit origin from reaching the European market. Fred Clark, partner at Boodle Hatfield and arts and culture specialist, gives his expert view on progress 12 months later

Mark Burlton is a new antiques and collectables dealer from south-west London. He was previously a retail-focused international property adviser and ran Cross Border Retail.

Walter Potter (1835-1918) was an extraordinary Victorian.

Britannic was the third and last of the White Star Line’s Olympic class of ocean liners.

A portrait by Robert Peake the Elder (c.1551-1619) was the top lot at the Bonhams (28/27% buyer’s premium) Old Master Paintings sale in London on July 1.

Dealers in St James’s and Mayfair welcome another chance to stage selling exhibitions across one event

Two notable works by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) from different ends of his career drew contrasting levels of demand at separate summer auctions.