The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a beautifully preserved 15th century triptych bringing strenuous competition at auction ...

A desk used by JRR Tolkien during the final revisions to the Lord of the Rings trilogy has sold at auction in London for £260 ...

A rare ‘three by one’ number plate tailor made for any successful auctioneer comes for sale in Herefordshire. When bidding closes on the evening of Sunday, December 14, LOT 2 is expected to sell for ...

Antiquities specialist Kallos Gallery is closing after 12 years as its founder is switching his interest to new projects. The ...

A dealer and estate agents are to open an auction house in Cheshire in the new year. Founded by an antiques dealer with auction house experience, his family, and two estate agents, the … ...

The PBFA has announced that the three new rare book fairs it launched earlier this year will continue next year as part of a full calendar of events. Fairs at Kirkby Lonsdale, Frome and Dorchester ...

Oxfordshire auction house Mallams has hired Edmund Saddington its new Modern Art & Desi… ...

With estimates from £800, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week ...

After 1840, F. & R. Pratt of Fenton in Staffordshire, became the leading (but not the only) manufacturer of multicoloured transfer printed pot lids and a huge range of related wares. Long admired for ...

Four lots once belonging to British army officer, author and artist – and fascist sympathiser – Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Seton Hutchison (1890-1946) went under the hammer at Special Auction Services ...

British awards and decorations have many fascinating stories. There are two major categories: campaign medals and gallantry medals. Campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, ...

When they first came into use in the 1830s, friction matches were hazardous and could combust without warning, so vesta cases were something of a necessity. But as their production became more ...