The name’s McGinnis. Robert McGinnis. A name which may not be as immediately familiar as James Bond, but […]

When the 8000-ton cargo ship SS Politician left Liverpool for Jamaica and New Orleans in 1941 it was […]

Tracks recorded by David Bowie for his 1967 debut album that were later rejected have been sold at […]

The upcoming Decorative Arts sale to be held by Tajan in Paris includes a number of pieces by […]

A Russian battle sword is on offer at Morphy Auctions in the June 12 sale in Denver, Pennsylvania, […]

Billed as the first printed edition of the most authoritative medical text in the Islamic world, a 1593 […]

Bidders have the chance to get that alien-hunting time-travelling look next week as Will Smith’s suit from Men […]

One of the more successful acts in a recent American magic and conjuring sale involved the appearance among […]

Codes are there to be broken, as the Second World War British team at Bletchley Park proved by […]

There was not one single inventor of the typewriter. Extracted from Antiques Trade Gazette | Roland Arkell After the […]

The market for tribal art covering works from Africa, Oceania and the Americas has a global reach these […]

Almost wholly reliant on slavery, the tobacco industry was the subtle target of British Abolitionists 50 years before […]

It may have been rusty, damaged and lying in a garage in a state of disrepair but a […]

A monogram and faint signature to a botanical study sold at Derbyshire saleroom Hansons (20% buyer’s premium) revealed […]

A classic SAS beige beret from the Second World War has sold for what is believed to be […]

On May 17 Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York, is selling the collection of Indian artefacts from the […]

This finely preserved Roman sports mask of a youthful African prince may depict Lusius Quietus (98- 117AD), one […]

In the Classical world, the so-called pyxis – a small round box used for storing trinkets, ointments or […]