The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of an auction record set for any piece of Carlton Ware ...

London rare book dealer Peter Harrington has opened its New York gallery. Located o… ...

The British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA) has announced a new judging panel for its annual prize. Now in its fifth year, the BADA Art Prize seeks to promote “the antiques of tomorrow” by ...

The annual Antiquarian Bookseller Association (ABA) National Book Collecting Prize is open for entries. The student book collecting competition is open to all young book collectors aged between 18-30.

The story of James Gillray’s (1757-1815) print plates is something of a mixture of comedy and tragedy – not unlike the great caricaturist’s life itself. Working prolifically for a variety of ...

A specially commissioned Dunhill 'aquarium' table lighter marking the victory of an unfancied horse at Ascot sold for £12,500 at auction in Scarborough.

Demand for rare topographical pictures remains an area of strength in the art market. Judging by some of the prices being fetched at auction over the last few years, early views made by … ...

More than 100 exhibitors at FAB Paris welcomed visitors to the Grand Palais for the fourth edition of the fair. The French art fair that unites Biennale des Antiquaires and Fine Arts Paris opened for ...

A rare collaborative work by Duncan Grant (1885-1978) and his lover, the Russian-American artist George Bergen (1903-84), has sold at auction to Charleston, the East Sussex farmhouse where the ...

Silver spoons for the dining table have been around since antiquity - a much longer history than the table fork, which did not come into general use until the 18 th century. By this time spoons had ...

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 ...

That, at least, was the theory. In fact, relatively little Irish ‘provincial’ silver made the journey to the metropolis to receive official approval – for reasons of security and economy. It is a ...