2023

The University of Leeds Libraries has bought the earliest known book about cheese making in Britain.

With estimates from £200, here are five previews of items coming up for auction this week.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of major sums being bid for Freddie Mercury’s piano and handwritten lyrics at Sotheby’s.

The first chairs from this year’s Coronation to be sold are coming to auction… already.

A third stolen Martinware bird has been recovered more than 15 years after it was stolen in west London.

ATG’s selection of items coming up for auction in the US includes a c.1680 Nabeshima porcelain dish from Japan.

Among the discussions at the 9th Art Business Conference was one focused on the opportunities for the UK art market.

The BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?' TV show returns this month for its 11th series.

With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up for auction this week.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a oil sketch of Willy Lott’s House by John Constable (1776-1837) being offered at Martel Maides in Guernsey.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Dunhill lighter with a rare intaglio of a woodpecker that sold at Chiswick Auctions.

The handwritten lyrics for Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and the piano which Freddie Mercury used to compose it were among the major highlights at Sotheby's auction of the singer’s collection in London.

Valuable antiques and jewellery were stolen from a former dealer’s home in Rainford, St Helens and the police are appealing for help.

ATG’s selection of items coming up for auction in the US includes a maquette for a famous sculpture that has become a London landmark.

With estimates from £1000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included a reader’s letter regarding the sale of timber from the famous London department store Liberty.

A recently rediscovered oil sketch of Willy Lott’s House by John Constable (1776-1837) will be offered in the Channel Islands this month. Martel Maides Auctions expect it to sell for £80,000-120,000 on September 21.

A round up of appointments across the world of art and antiques.

This tiny opening pocketknife is about the size of a 1p coin.

Rare daguerreotype photographs of Sir John Franklin and his fellow senior officers of the ill-fated HMS Erebus and Terror have been rediscovered and will be offered at auction by Sotheby’s.