The manuscript journal of Captain John Narbrough (1640-88) has been temporarily blocked from export in the hope a UK institution can raise the more than £800,000 needed. The journal details his ...

A desk used by JRR Tolkien during the final revisions to the Lord of the Rings trilogy has sold at auction in London for £260 ...

Art and antiques saleroom Truro Auction Centre has been put up for sale as a going concern after 35 years in business. Martyn ...

The earliest collectors of firearms were probably monarchs intent on amassing armouries to demonstrate their wealth and power. They also became patrons, employing expert craftsmen to create better and ...

Burmantofts Pottery was born out of James Holroyd’s architectural brickworks, taking advantage of the rich local deposits of both coal and clay. However, today, the church built in Shakespeare Street ...

Within the broader context of 18th century drinking glasses there are certain areas which form the basis of specialist collecting fields. One of these is Beilby glassware, a class mostly of drinking ...

A Magnolia pattern floor lamp has become the most expensive Tiffany Studios lamp to sell at auction. Following a 10-minute bidding battle, it hammered for $3.6m (£2.7m) at Sotheby’s New York on ...

Antiquities specialist Kallos Gallery is closing after 12 years as its founder is switching his interest to new projects. The ...

The London Original Print Fair will run from May 14-17, 2026 at Somerset House in London. Billed as ‘London’s longest running art fair’*, it has grown from just 16 exhibitors in 1985 to more… ...

Oxfordshire auction house Mallams has hired Edmund Saddington its new Modern Art & Desi… ...

A dealer and estate agents are to open an auction house in Cheshire in the new year. Founded by an antiques dealer with auction house experience, his family, and two estate agents, the … ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a beautifully preserved 15th century triptych bringing strenuous competition at auction ...