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 ...

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 ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a work catalogued as an ‘Italian Old Master’ making a six-figure sum in Banbury.

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 ...

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 chair used by artist Lucian Freud as a boy comes for sale at Sworders’ sa… ...

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 ...

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