2024

A Cray-1 Supercomputer owned by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen set a new high for any computer sold at auction when it took $810,000 (£618,320) at Christie’s New York.

London firm Charles Ede is expanding its repertoire and has brought in James Richards to launch its new approach which includes a greater focus on fine art at this year's 'Frieze Masters'.

The bad news if you have a first edition of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone' in soft covers is that they are not as rare as the hardback version which numbered 500 copies.

On entering an Edwardian fairground, the sheer size and scale of the ornately carved ‘bioscope’ show front would stop an observer in their tracks.

Bonhams is set to relocate its New York headquarters from 580 Madison Avenue to the historic Steinway Hall at 111 West 57th Street.

A sketch which was given by the Marquis de Lafayette to the first American president George Washington sold for $1.6m (£1.22m) at an auction in Philadelphia earlier today.

What promises to be a market-defining sale for two well-known Modern British artists will be held in Essex this autumn.

Frederic Leighton’s 'Bay of Cádiz, Moonlight' will go on public display for the first time in 120 years at the artist’s former home after being bought at auction this summer.

This week Anderson & Garland is offering for sale the private collection of militaria and weapons belonging to Douglas Napier Anderson (b.1927).

A charming item brought to a saleroom last week will go under the hammer next week.

David Hockney's art school era features in an array of prints coming to auction at Christie's that offers masters of Impressionism and Pop Art principals.

A trove of eight original stone-lithographed Charlie Chaplin film posters is heading to the market at Propstore in Valencia, California on September 12-13.

Catherine Southon Auctioneers & Valuers has moved to new premises with a permanent saleroom.

Pulling out a suitcase from under a bed during a probate valuation, auctioneer and valuer at Dawsons Nicky Houston was astonished at what she found hidden inside.

With only a few weeks to go before the event, Classic Antique Fairs has postponed its September outing.

A previously unpublished oil sketch by John Constable provoked fierce bidding at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury

Book specialist Jim Spencer has left Hansons and is launching his own saleroom offering monthly timed online auctions in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

Standing at 17in (43cm) high, the overly confident swagger of this eccentric bewigged gentleman is evident.

Despite its poor condition, an early 16th century Deruta maiolica portrait charger has sold for 15 times its estimate at auction in Somerset.

A copy of the very first issue of The Beano – and the only one to retain its original ‘free gift’ - has sold at auction for £26,000.