2018

Buyers and collectors descend on London for the Winter Olympia fair and there’s lots more for art and antiques hunters to see and do around the capital next week.

An amendment to the ivory bill raised in the House of Lords will limit the powers of accredited civilian officers, a move welcomed by trade associations.

The Debbane charger, a newly-discovered 15th century Iznik dish, was the toast of Sotheby’s Islamic Week offering, selling for a spectacular £4.55m (£5.4m including buyer’s premium).

Focus on five militaria items ranging from a ship's bell marking a pioneering aircraft launch to a grasshopper brooch left as a memento for loved ones.

Auction house Perry & Phillips in Bridgnorth will close after 170 years in business as its owner has decided to instead focus on running the antiques centre in the Shropshire town.

Artemisia Gentileschi’s 'Lucretia' was hammered down for €1.6m at an auction in Vienna.

A rare miners’ lamp was the unexpected highlight of Paul Beighton’s October 14 sale in Thurcroft near Rotherham.

Viyet, a website selling interior design objects, vintage and antique furniture which auction house Sotheby’s bought earlier this year, has been relaunched as Sotheby’s Home.

Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £650 and three upcoming lots offered the next week.

A charitable trust formed to promote the art of The Soper Family is seeking funding to build a home for the archive.

'Fine Arts Paris', the new November fair in the French capital launched last year, celebrates its second staging in a new venue with an enlarged exhibitor list.

A painting created by artificial intelligence and a table from a castle that featured in Harry Potter are among our five previews from upcoming sales this week.

A rare gold and enamel compass by Jacques Etienne Armand and the work of a silversmith who uses coral and shells are among the nautical and marine related art and antiques to see around the UK this month.

Auction house Roseberys has promoted Vicki Wonfor to joint managing director, working alongside chairman and joint MD Ian Cadzow.

Could the number of people buying at auction be on the rise? And what are the implications for strong jewellery sales in the trade? That and more with our weekly quotes round-up.

The Scottish Maritime Museum has acquired ‘The Boat Builders’, an early painting by John Bellany (1942-2013), for £200,000.

Next week's Midlands events include the next edition of IACF's Bingley Hall Antiques and Collectors fair and a technology auction.

The biannual series of Islamic and Indian art auctions held in April and October offers a wide range of art and artefacts celebrating the rich and diverse cultural heritage of the Middle East and the subcontinent. This year’s ‘Islamic Week’, running from October 22-26, includes sales from five auction houses, highlights of which are pictured below.

Sleepers and stag skulls were among ATG’s selection of highlights that sold at auctions this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of museums hitting out at the auction process for Titanic artefacts