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The Cotswolds will be welcoming a new auction firm when two ceramics dealers launch Kingham & Orme Auctioneers next week.

A gold ring set with a carved ivory scene given by the young Napoleon Bonaparte to an early love, Caroline du Colombier, is coming up for auction in Fontainebleau, France next month.

UK museums and galleries have the chance to add to this print collection this year with the help of an award at the London Original Print Fair (LOPF).

At ATG’s Seminar on CITES, Victoria Borwick MP started the ball rolling on our consultation with the government on ivory in a traditional way – by calling on the trade to write to their local MPs.

The survey that will kick off the government’s consultation into the UK ivory trade is expected to be launched this week, and is open to all to give their views.

Another installment of the weekend series where Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of recent quotes from around the trade. This week, we tackled the important questions: Can London hold its place in the market? And how many books does a man really need?

Daniel Crouch Rare Books opened launched its New York City premises on Wednesday with a Burns Night celebration.

Petworth dealer Tony Wilkinson is calling on the trade to help him track down a pair of stolen Regency lustres.

Scottish borders auction firm Swan & Turner will hold its final sale next month and will close the doors to its Jedburgh auction rooms in March.

It is with great sadness that we report the death, aged 71, of former colleague David Moss.

The Antiquarian Booksellers Association will participate in its first BADA fair as it gears up for its summer festival of old and rare books later this year.

A suspected art smuggling ring has been busted after Europol and police across 18 countries helped seize 3561 works of art and cultural goods.

A Picasso vase uncovered in a remote Cornish cottage has sold at auction in Plymouth for £2800.

Drawing spectacular bidding at Lawrences of Crewkerne, this rare Chinese altar vase was knocked down at over 150-times estimate at the Somerset saleroom’s latest fine art auction. It was thought to have been specially commissioned by the Qing court for ceremonial use in palaces and temples.

Antiquities specialist Charles Ede has revealed its role in helping National Museums Scotland complete one of the Egyptian treasures in its collection.