A group of benches consigned by The National Gallery took more than seven times their top estimate at auction. The gallery consigned the 10 benches across eight lots to Bellmans’ October 14 auction ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of organiser Clarion Events cancelling the Winter Art & Antique Fair at Olympia ...

Cumbria saleroom Mitchells (22% buyer’s premium) broke its own auction record for Percy Kelly (1918-93) this autumn. Prices for the Workington-born artist have generally risen over the last 30 years ...

A rally in global demand for gold and silver has led to UK precious metals dealers stopping quoting rates and the suspension of trade in some areas. While the price of gold has been strengthening for ...

Parisian auction house Tajan is under new ownership.

A significant group of Modern British artworks proved a major highlight of a recent auction held by Kidson-Trigg (24% buyer’s premium) in Swindon. The live online sale on September 24-25 included ...

Lot 586 at Henry Aldridge’s (22% buyer’s premium) latest two-day sale was one of the more curious lots to appear at auction in recent times. On offer was a group of three painted panel pictures ...

Catherine Southon’s October 15 Decorative auction sale in Chislehurst in… ...

Design fair PAD London runs from October 14-19 in Berkeley Square this autumn. Launched in 2007, the event’s 17th edition will feature 67 international exhibitors with 11 new gall… ...

A single owner collection from a house in Great Bardfield, Essex provided a number of good quality prints to Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Modern and Contemporary art.

When they first came into use in the 1830s, friction matches were hazardous and could combust without warning, so vesta cases were something of a necessity. But as their production became more ...

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 ...