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Dealer John Bird was long established in Petworth when the tenure of his old shop came to an end, but this did not spell and end for the West Sussex furniture specialist.

A UK-based art collector has been banned from exporting a World War II era painting from Australia.

Pall Mall is known for its members clubs but The Fine Art Auction Group, parent company of Dreweatts-Bloomsbury and Mallett, are to set up a London hub on the street in a bid to relaunch their interiors business.

The majority of a collection that was previously part of a long-running public exhibition of The Jam memorabilia comes to auction in Liverpool this October.

As London sizzled in a late summer heatwave, the antiques industry cooled off by raising a glass to 45 years of the Antiques Trade Gazette. Next generation mingled with more seasoned players at the party hosted in the LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair pavilion.

A collection of Lowry prints and a painting by Andrew Vicari, previously known as one of the richest living artists, are up for auction at Grand Auctions in Folkestone next week.

This rare dodo skeleton – the first almost complete specimen in nearly a century – carries an estimate of £500,000 at Summers Place Auctions’ November 22 sale.

It may have been their debut appearance at the 14th annual fine art auctioneers vs dealers five-a-side football tournament, but Capital Fine Art Removals carried all before them to lift the trophy.

West Sussex auction house Bellmans have expanded over the border to Hampshire and will hold their first sale in their new home tomorrow.

This week’s York National Book Fair hosts the most exhibitors ever to feature in its 42-year history.

Coin dealers and auctioneers AH Baldwin & Sons have appointed Neil Paisley as managing director.

The skin-tight sequined dress worn by Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe when she sung ‘Happy Birthday’ to the then-US President John F. Kennedy at a 1962 gala will go on sale at an auction in November with a £2.25m estimate.

The market for Dylan Thomas memorabilia remains strong, says the auctioneer who is hoping for Welsh, English and American bidding on one of the poet's doodle that he is offering.

The sentencing of former porters and auctioneers in Paris this week for the organised theft of thousands of artworks means the affair “belongs in the past”, the head of France’s auctioneering body told ATG.

Bonhams have followed Christie’s in increasing their buyer’s fees by adjusting their premium thresholds.

The vendor of the ‘unworked’ elephant tusk trophy that Christie’s offered for sale against CITES rules in 2015, has himself been prosecuted.

Forum Auctions are to introduce a credit facility for buyers at future sales. In an exclusive arrangement with lending platform Unbolted, the new London firm will offer approved bidders the opportunity to pay for purchases with up to 90 days of interest-free finance.

A painting once owned by Sir Harry Veitch, founder of the Chelsea Flower Show, will be offered for sale at Bonhams’ in London later this month.

Buyers at a recent Fellows auction in Birmingham showed the strength in the market for amber.

A historic jewellers in Bolton is in the process of closing after reporting that the decline of the high street and the rise of the internet made trading impossible for them.