2017

A Cork Street gallery has become the first in the UK to accept digital currencies such as Bitcoin.

In a lively evening sale of Old Masters at Sotheby’s, one of the few large-scale oil paintings by JMW Turner (1775-1851) left in private hands was knocked down at £17m.

Ian Ehling has joined Bonhams’ New York office as director of fine books and manuscripts.

Militaria archive material such as documents, letters and log books has been delivering strong results at auction recently, aided by cross-over appeal to photography enthusiasts.

A long-running appeal to raise nearly half a million pounds to return a Wedgwood’s First Day’s vase to Staffordshire has triumphed.

A court in the US will decide the fate of more than 5500 Titanic artefacts after the company that owns them filed for bankruptcy.

The Goldsmiths’ Company has pledged £10m to help fund the creation of a new home for The Museum of London.

One of the leading lots at this week’s Old Master auctions in London is a JMW Turner (1775-1851) that Sotheby’s predicts could make a record for a British-born artist.

An action group that campaigns for the protection of elephants staged a protest against the trade in antique ivory outside Art & Antiques Fair Olympia, on Saturday afternoon (July 1).

The Holey Grail of the Australian coins world… hang on, we used that pun in a 2013 ATG story. Nevertheless, it is Holey appropriate:  the Holey Dollar remains a must-have for collectors of Australian coins.

The department of culture, media and sport has issued an export bar on an 18th century drawing of Schmadribach Waterfall by Austrian Romantic artist Joseph Anton Koch (1768-1839) and launched a search for a UK buyer to match the asking price of £68,750.

The popular image of Queen Victoria in the latter days is of a sombre, dressed in mourning black, unsmiling monarch who was definitely not amused. However, an intriguing item coming up at auction shows her compassionate, caring side.

In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we cover selfies, collecting and farming scenes.

A £500 reward is being offered for information that leads to the recovery of this badge belonging to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.

A trading jacket signed by disgraced City broker Nick Leeson is coming to John Pye Auctions in July.

The eighth edition of Masterpiece London launched this week to large crowds and sales across the board.

The second TEFAF New York Fall features a total of 93 exhibitors at the Park Avenue Armory.

A select offering of 44 lots of silver, sculpture, objets d’art and furniture that have been chosen for their quality and provenance go under the hammer at Sotheby’s Bond Street on the evening of July 5 as part of its 'Treasures' sale series.