The fashion for tea caddies and other boxes in the form of houses or other decorative buildings emerged in the last quarter of the 18th century and continued into the 19th century. The majority ...

Woolley & Wallis is selling the private collection of silver specialist Michael Baggott (1973-2025) who died unexpectedly in January of this year. Baggott’s collection will be dispersed in 450 lots ...

The London Map Fair (June 7-8) at the Royal Geographical Society brings together around 40 of the leading national and international antiquarian map dealers, as well as hundreds of visiting dealers, ...

The artist Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938) produced a varied range of work over his career but a group of 15 works offered at Olympia Auctions this month has a particular focus on his views from his wide ...

With estimates from £200, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a Roman bust of the emperor Septimius Severus emerging in West Sussex A Roman marble thought by its… ...

A shell shaped Vincennes dish from c.1757 featuring the bleu céleste ground colour appeared at Wimbledon Auctions on May 28. A piece of French royal porcelain surfaced at Wimbledon Auctions in south ...

Freya Simms, the former chief executive of dealer association LAPADA, is joining businessman Toby Lorford to help grow his Gloucestershire based antiques and interiors firm. Lorfords Antiques operates ...

When it came to works drawing good competition at the latest series of Old Master auction in New York at the end of May, three works in particular caught the eye at Christie’s. One came at the sale of ...

The Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD) has urged dealers to work together in the face of rising costs. As part of its ...

Kerry Taylor Auctions hosted its first US auction on May 21, offering the collection of Peggy Moffitt – the American model who died last year. The auction house expanded to its Jersey City premises ...

Record price for Singleton as painting of the surrender of Seringapatam makes £1.7m A painting by Henry Singleton (1766-1839) depicting the surrender of Tipu Sultan’s two sons to Major General David ...