Historical archive of Scottish Enlightenment mathematician and innovator blocked from export. An extensive 18th century archive relating to James Stirling (1692-1770) has been blo ...

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news agency Reuters publishing the findings of its investigation into Banksy’s identity ...

Top stories this week including Dreweatts posting a record turnover for a UK provincial saleroom. The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of auction ...

Record prices for diamond jewels at UK auctions. Two items of diamond jewellery achieved record sums for UK salerooms Duke’s and Elmwoods this week.

The second edition of the London fair Studiolo has been announced. The one-day event, which features multiple dealers offering stock in a histo ...

Former Christie’s specialist-turned antiques dealer sells Irish country house contents at auction. Serena Williams-Ellis, a former Christie’s specialist who became an antiques ...

A bustling and busy first preview day at TEFAF Maastricht heralded the start of significant sales at the annual fair. Among the sales in the opening hours of the first preview day was a c.1450 ...

Designer and former model Jade Jagger auctions items from her Georgian home in Gloucestershire. British jewellery and interior designer Jade Jagger, the daughter of Rolling Stones ...

Two ‘lost’ illustrations from a celebrated edition of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book sold for a combined £100,000 at south London saleroom Roseberys on March 10.

Global art market returns to growth but sales remain below 2022 peak. The art market grew 4% in 2025 with an estimated $59.6bn of global sales. The rise follows two consecutive ye ...

After 1840, F. & R. Pratt of Fenton in Staffordshire, became the leading (but not the only) manufacturer of multicoloured transfer printed pot lids and a huge range of related wares. Long admired for ...

They did this to avoid the perils of travel and (after 1784) to escape paying duty in a region where a heathy distain for the Hanoverians persisted well into the 19 th century. Currently some 30 ...