At RHS Chelsea Flower Show, running from May 20-24, dealers Louise Allen and Piers Newth of Garden a… ...

A group of Kangxi bird paintings from the celebrated ‘Imperial Manual of Birds’ sold for a combined £600,000 at Roseberys in south London. The 19 album leaves were offered as two separate lots on May ...

Auction house John Pye has been appointed to help find a buyer for the collapsed pottery firm W. Moorcroft Ltd. The historic manufacturer announced it had gone into liquidation earlier this month with ...

While the origins of the game date back over a millennium (early precursors have been traced to the 6th century AD), its popularity in Europe really started to grow in the Medieval period as the game ...

This Victorian silver-mounted green or amber glass claret jug in t… ...

The ‘retirement’ sale of dealer Paul Atkinson’s collection at Essex saleroom Sworders this week will be held exactly 50 years since he opened his first antiques shop in Derbyshire. Atkinson’s career ...

Following opposition from the Indian state, Sotheby's took the 11th hour decision to cancel a Hong Kong auction of a collection of relics linked to the historical Buddha. Sotheby's said that, in light ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a Chinese handscroll generating a bidding contest lasting over an hour and a half ...

The latest jobs moves and appointments across the world of art and antiques LAPADA, the association of art and antiques dealers, has app… ...

The earliest known painted work by the Indian sculptor Ganpatrao Mhatre (1879-1947) drew international interest at a recent sale at Chiswick Auctions (26% buyer’s premium). The untitled picture ...

Derbyshire event attracts visitors not just from the Peak District but Cheshire, the Midlands, Nottinghamshire and south Yorkshire ...

An autograph album containing the signatures of notable figures from the early 20th century is to appear at Chiswick Auctions in a timed sale ending May 18. The album provides an insight into the ...