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One challenge that auctioneers face is whether to sell a collection as a whole, or in several different groups, or individually. Finding the right strategy is vital to getting lots away with decent prices.

The London dealer Godson and Coles of Fulham Road has concluded the sale of this George II period brass-inlaid mahogany metamorphic table to Temple Newsam House.

A Bristol filming session for the BBC's TV show Flog It! series saw the multi-estimate sale of this Victorian gold ring.

A French collection comprising 70-lots documenting historical attempts at achieving flight will be offered at Bonhams on March 1.

A group of historians, museums and TV presenters including Alan Titchmarsh and David Starkey have condemned the slaughter of elephants but have argued the case for the defence of the antiques trade.

Saturday’s last-gasp, nail-biting England victory was hailed as one of the greatest games of the Six Nations championship. Talking of rugby ‘greats’, a jersey coming up at auction on February 18 is a reminder of an earlier international player who falls into the ‘legend’ sports category.

A pensioner thief has been sentenced to eight months' imprisonment after a series of art thefts.

Shop owners in London and the south of England are facing a significant increase in business rates when bills arrive in April.

THESE days climbing Everest is a bit old hat. Don’t get me wrong – people still die in the attempt and it is a massive achievement – but more than 4000 people have climbed the world’s highest mountain since it was first conquered in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

The debate over the trade in antiques containing ivory reached Radio 4 last week. BBC Radio 4's daily consumer programme 'You & Yours' featured a slot on the topic with both wildlife charities and the antiques trade represented.

The antiquarian book trade has suffered one of its biggest-ever thefts after an audacious robbery in west London.

An oil painting by Parmigianino has been barred from export in the hope £24.5m can be raised to keep it in the UK.

Three paintings by Shaun Greenhalgh, the faker who was sentenced to four years in prison in 2007, are being offered at Bolton Auction Rooms later this month.

Christie’s posted total sales of £4bn in 2016, a decrease of 16% compared to the previous year and well down from the art market’s high watermark of £5.1bn in 2014.

The Van Gogh Museum has unveiled a series of prints of nine works by the great artist recreated with three-dimensional technology.

The tragic story of the last of the imperial Russian family does not have an immediately obvious connection with a Yorkshire spa town but it is nonetheless a strong one.

Plans to create art galleries and premises for dealers in townhouses near the V&A have got the approval from Kensington and Chelsea Council.

Followers of Paul Nash (1889-1946) are getting another opportunity to view his works in London this month.

Ethics, transparency and self-regulation should be the focus for the art trade to protect against reputational risk.

Sheffield Auction Gallery uses the rather euphemistic term ‘weathered patina’ when describing the condition of a Rolls-Royce it has estimated at £1000-1200 in its February 24 sale.