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A picture of Kelmscott Manor painted when it was the home of William and Jane Morris is returning to the house after it was acquired for The Society of Antiquaries of London.

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

An elaborate Victorian meerschaum pipe stood out at a recent Surrey sale.

Auction houses and art dealers are warned to be prepared for visits from HM Revenue & Customs officials checking anti-money laundering procedures.

Wotton Auction Rooms has a new ownership structure as Joseph Trinder re-joins the business.

Hindman will hold its first sales in New York with a series of single-owner auctions from October 18-26.

Fancy an opportunity to view a treasure trove of classical friezes, Grand Tour discoveries, textiles and drawings in an ornate Notting Hill home?

The name of a new Iron Age ruler or king has been discovered on a coin dug up in a field in the Test Valley, Hampshire.

One of the largest private collections of material on the Suffragette movement will be sold next month.

By the time the Baltars ceramics painting workshop was established in 1925 the country where it was founded – Latvia – had been accepted by the international community as independent for just four years.

A Victorian cased pair of the extinct New Zealand huia sold for £220,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) in Tennants’ Natural History and Taxidermy sale.

A rediscovered 17th century painting of Moses by Italian Baroque artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591– 1666), known as il Guercino, is being offered at Moretti Fine Art of Paris in its newly opened gallery.

In what may have felt like a flashback to the past, when bidders actually attended day sales in person, the Elveden Hall auction held by Sworders was deemed a runaway success.

An art and antiques fair proposed to launch at NEAC Stoneleigh this December has changed its dates and venue and will now take place at Birmingham’s NEC.

A group of engravings depicting 17th and 18th century Neapolitan food festivals is being offered by a London dealer.

The art ecosystem and the knowledge, expertise and confidence in its integrity are the key attributes of the UK’s strong art market, a conference heard last week.

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

A single-owner sale from the late Norfolk glass collector and dealer Brian Watson is coming to Bishop & Miller on September 27.