The near dominance of Scandinavians among mid-20th century designers of wood furniture and artefacts was underlined at two […]

This set of table and chairs by the ever-popular Mouseman had been bought from the Kilburn workshops in […]

A spectacular competition came at Woolley & Wallis’ latest picture sale as 12 bidders pursued a pair of […]

Included in a recent sale of American and European paintings and works of art sale at Skinner (25/20/12% […]

A highlight of the first sale of this year held by Poster Auctions International (20% buyer’s premium) in […]

A pair of doucai ‘dragon’ dishes that was entered for sale by a local vendor sold for over […]

List of deaths is timely reminder that outbreaks are nothing new Extracted from Antiques Trade Gazette | Ian […]

Said to date from the 12th-14th century, an incomplete and dampstained Middle Eastern medical manuscript sold for £70,000 […]

Cottone’s latest auction, in Geneseo, New York, on March 28, includes around 60 items from the collection of […]

An unexpected star turn of a recent Norfolk sale was a job lot of works from the library […]

This English miniature terrestrial pocket globe complete with a shagreen case, its interior lined with a celestial map, […]

This finely modelled Hellenistic white marble figure of Aphrodite sold for £60,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) at Dominic […]

The Premier Auction at Brunk (23% buyer’s premium) in Asheville, North Carolina included this 3ft 10in (1.17m) carrara […]

An historic archive belonging to the engineer who oversaw the design of the Mulberry Harbours in the Second […]

Frankly catalogued as in need of restoration and ‘sold as seen’, a late-17th century walnut and marquetry chest […]

A momentous letter of July 6, 1776, in which President of Congress John Hancock announced the adoption of […]

One of the many memorable scenes in Charles Dickens’ ‘Bleak House’ was the portrayal of the apparent spontaneous […]

The vintage contents of a railway station buffet offered in East Yorkshire were not the most upmarket pieces […]