A Modernist grand piano from 1931 by the Danish designer Poul Henningsen was the toast of a dedicated […]
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The chain of artistic influences that led to the decoration of a gold-enamel watch made by John Kenable […]
A hard tack biscuit, purportedly taken from a lifeboat during the sinking of RMS Lusitania, sold for £4000 […]
It is thought that the prestigious Meissen designer Johann Joachim Kaendler drew the inspiration for his teapot in […]
Short message to a ‘true friend’ after opera debut appearance sells at Berlin auction house. Extracted from Antiques […]
A ‘turn-up’ religious text was one of the earlier, rarer and more expensive items in a Somerset sale. […]
A rifle from the personal armoury of Tipu Sultan sold for £60,000 in Oxfordshire last week. Extracted from […]
A Mannerist bronze after Giambologna brought a surprise €3.2m (£2.7m) at Artcurial on March 27. Extracted from Antiques […]
The inaugural Modern Made auction held by Lyon & Turnbull at the Mall Galleries in London last week […]
Original photographs from the Cottingley Fairies hoax which famously fooled Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are […]
Providing a stern test of the resolve of cricket enthusiasts, a Victorian loving cup was the unexpected star […]
A prolific pensioner art thief has been sentenced to two years in jail. Police are now calling for […]
Consigned from a deceased estate in Oxfordshire, a loosely bound album containing nearly 100 watercolours of marine and […]
Old Master picture dealer Mark Weiss has agreed an out-of-court settlement with Sotheby’s in the case of a […]
This 19th century painted photograph of an Indian maharaja was the stand-out picture in Sworders’ (23% buyer’s premium) […]
A Californian sale of March 7 certainly offered great variety in age, content and price range. Promoted as […]
Two fragments of the Berlin Wall once used in a memorial to those killed in escape attempts sold […]
This pair of plates, one of them extensively damaged and riveted, proved much more popular than predicted in […]