2017

John Thomas Smith, reportedly born in a hackney carriage on a June evening in 1766, was an artist, writer and a Londoner.

A mysterious 2000-year-old relic found in the Derbyshire Peak District by a local metal detectorist goes under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers next week.

Fascination with the royal family has been fuelled even further recently by the release of Netflix series The Crown which takes an intimate look at the public and private life of Queen Elizabeth II.

The proposed Kensington gallery hub of Cromwell Place has hired a managing director to lead the project and attract tenants.

Medieval manor Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks in Kent, has launched a fundraising appeal to buy a John Singer Sargent painting from Sotheby’s in New York.

A George II polychrome-painted bridal chest leads Bonhams Oak Interior sale on September 20 with an estimate of £30,000-40,000.

Hansons Auctioneers in Etwall, Derbyshire will offer a Yongzheng (1723-35) mark and period dish as part of its Fine Arts and Asian auction on September 29.

A postcard linked to the Jack the Ripper murders will go under the hammer this October.

Glynde Place in East Sussex has won the 2017 Historic Houses Association Restoration Award, sponsored by auction firm Sotheby’s.

Art and antiques owned by the late businessman James Fairfax will be offered at auction next month.

A $160m (£136m) masterpiece by Dutch-American abstract-impressionist painter Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) that had been stolen from a US museum 30 years ago has been discovered in an antiques shop.

Works from pioneering photography collector Paul F Walter will be auctioned at Christie’s next month.

One thing you can rely on every summer is the outraged stories in the press about the sums being spent by Premier League football clubs on the great, the good and the Jozy Altidores.

A 1987 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur I used in the past by Princess Diana is included in Auctions America’s upcoming sale in Auburn, Indiana (August 31-September 3).

In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from the voices of the art and antiques market.

A collection of Christmas cards documenting the Royal Family over the decades took a total of £1530 at auction last week.

Charles Tooth founded the gallery Arthur Tooth & Sons for his son in 1842. The London firm would go on to specialise particularly in photogravures of Pre-Raphaelite paintings and became a major presence in the art market, counting Henry Clay Frick among its clients.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has consigned a series of photographs to Christie’s which will be offered at auctions over the next 18 months.

The eclectic collection of the late antiques dealer Eila Grahame continues to provide Cheffins of Cambridge with exceptional material. The latest works that have been unveiled are two drawings by Alberto Giacometti (1901-66) which will be offered at auction on October 12.

Mayfair art agent Timothy Sammons is facing a fresh legal battle over the sale of paintings and could face extradition to the US.