2024

An ancient Greek ring with a provenance that included Prince Stanislas Poniatowski, William Beckford and a Seagram heiress sold for $30,000 (£23,000) at an auction in the US.

A series of unpublished photographs and film reel of Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) for a 1971 advert for a non-alcoholic beverage will be offered at RWB Auctions on September 11.

Following a contest involving hundreds of bidding increments, an early Netherlandish panel painting of ‘The Adoration of the Magi’ hammered for $332,000 (£256,000) at an auction in upstate New York this month.

Thirsk Hall Sculpture Garden in North Yorkshire is hosting an exhibition of sculpture and works on paper by Austin Wright (1911-97).

A remarkable set of six 17th century Scottish provincial silver trefid spoons drew strong competition at an auction in Edinburgh this week.

The famous hat was one of many props from blockbuster films to appear at Propstore’s August auction

A forthcoming exhibition explores the rich legacy of Prunella Clough and Keith Vaughan who broke with the conventions of post-war Britain

A previously unpublished oil sketch by John Constable (1776-1837) depicting Hampstead Heath is coming up for auction next month at Woolley & Wallis.

Concorde’s capability to fly at twice the speed of sound and travel from London to New York in three hours attracted the rich and famous of the time.

A remarkable archive of newly discovered scientific papers by the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing and his collaborator Donald Bayley has been temporarily blocked from export.

Known as the 'James Bond' of the art world, König was as colourful and controversial as the art and sculpture he supported

An apparently unique silver and enamel clock designed by Manxman Archibald Knox (1864-1933) for London retailer Liberty & Co surfaced for sale in Scotland last week.

A lot catalogued as ‘Vintage toys, including marbles, rifle, Marklin spinners and butterflies, etc’ that appeared in a Burstow & Hewett auction estimated at £40-70 rolled out a surprise.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of John Lennon’s blue-tinted glasses selling to Uri Geller at Catherine Southon.

British painter Alan Cotton has the Royal seal of approval and a new show at Messum's highlights his skill for capturing the fading sun in choice locations

The National Gallery in London has acquired a major work by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) from the collection of Isabel Goldsmith.

A temporary export bar has been placed on a British coin sold at auction that features the never-seen-before name Esunertos.

A photo of a Hollywood legend by Francis Bacon's drinking sidekick to a radical lithograph inspired by Charlotte Brontë are highlights of this summer show.

A collection of over 60 lots of royal correspondence from the private collection of the late Gerald and Angela Lascelles is coming up at Young’s Auctions in Farnham on September 14.

Autographs collected aboard Concorde by an air hostess will go up for sale at Hansons in Derbyshire on August 20.