In the resilient Beswick market, collectors paid high prices for some rarities – even modern prototypes – at […]

The practice of placing a metal mark on a building to indicate insurance against a fire started in […]

Robert Hillingford (1826-1904) was a Victorian painter of historical scenes, whose subjects included the Duke of Wellington and […]

Bringing the highest price yet at one of Richard Edmonds’ (20% buyer’s premium) specialist Petroliana and Automobilia sales […]

While the binding, with Charles Ricketts’ familiar gilt design on the front cover, is not in the best […]

One of the biggest surprises at Nagel’s (33% buyer’s premium) sale in Stuttgart on October 16-17 came right […]

This rare late-17th century 4in (9.5cm) devotional pendant displays the craft of ‘scherenschnitte’ (scissor cuts). Extracted from Antiques […]

Hornby Dublo collectors fought spirited battles for clockwork rarities at Duggleby Stephenson’s (18.75% buyer’s premium) York sale. Extracted […]

The Starrs collection at Sotheby’s featured 25 reticulated vases or decorative objects produced by George Owen for Royal […]

Thirty pieces of antiquarian jewellery discovered next to a joint of meat in an old freezer were sold […]

A good-quality violin linked to the German maker Jacobus Stainer (1619-83) led a group of previously overlooked musical […]

During the late 18th century, schools of netsuke carving were established throughout Japan. Extracted from Antiques Trade Gazette […]

The Little collection of early English silver is coming to Christie’s London on December 3. The auction comprises […]

Duke’s latest Asian art sale had been headlined by items from a local resident and well-known auctioneer, academic […]

The first incarnation of the porcelain factory in Höchst near Frankfurt existed for exactly half a century. It […]

A Cecil Beaton sketch of Christian Dior working in his studio in Paris sold for £5200 (estimate £500-700) […]

Out of favour for a generation, grand tour and ancient intaglios and cameos are enjoying a return to […]

Musket that fired the first shot in 1775 American revolution battle appears in US saleroom. Extracted from Antiques […]