Chiswick House & Gardens in west London is an 18th century villa and gardens planned by Lord Burlington.

A new consignment office for auction house Catherine Southon is among the latest updates from across the sector.

The 16th century book 'The Discoverie of Witchcraft' by Reginald Scot is the earliest known book in English explaining how to perform magic.

After a five minute bidding battle a rare Rolex Military Submariner watch was hammered down at £140,000 (£165,200 including premium) at Fellows Auctioneers in Birmingham.

A pair of spectacles, believed to have once belonged to Gandhi, were hammered down at £260,000 in Bristol (plus 21.6% buyer's premium inc VAT).

Letters written by the painter David Jones (1895-1974) are coming to auction today at Bonhams.

An antiques degree course run by the University of Central Lancashire in Preston has been reinstated.

A discovery made by metal detectorists has been described as of national significance for archaeology.

A Royal Mail post box has been sawn from its mount in a Cotswold village and local police are hoping to trace it.

A pair of glasses believed to have once belonged to Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) are to be offered at auction in Bristol this month.

Movers and shakers – an update on auction house moves across the regions.

The Welsh government has given auction houses the green light to open premises to the public this month.

A terracotta sculpture of Mary Seacole (1805-81), who nursed dying and wounded soldiers during the Crimean War, will go on display in the Florence Nightingale Museum after it was sold at auction last week.

Wessex Auction Rooms in Chippenham is offering a 1966 demo recording by David Bowie on an acetate disc.