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 ...

Parisian auction house Tajan is under new ownership.

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 ...

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

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… ...

Sworders is calling on heritage fans to consider consigning for the auction that is scheduled for Ja… ...

BBC Studios has retained the contract to continue producing Fake or Fortune? for another two series. Following a competitive tender process, BBC Studios will produce the show for another two series – ...

Dubin-born Henry Patrick Clarke (1889-1931) was one of Ireland’s leading stained-glass artists and book illustrators. Today, his Symbolist-style windows can be seen in churches and secular buildings ...

A number of restoration specialists have spoken out about the National Gallery’s plan to sell some of its furniture at auction. The gallery has consigned 11 benches to Bellmans’ auction on October ...