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Scenes of nudity in American Civil War photography are typically accidental or produced in field hospitals for medical study.

Events organiser IACF (International Antiques & Collectors Fairs) is to launch a fair in the Midlands.

A usually quiet August was dramatically awakened by a series of sleepers that emerged at three UK regional auction houses.

Market and fair organisers have told ATG they are bolstering security following a spate of recent thefts targeting the jewellery trade.

Thoughts that the sweet homely watercolours of Helen Allingham (1848-1926) have fallen from favour commercially may be premature, at least judging by the performance of a couple of works sold at a recent regional sale.

Luxury fashion discovered in a charity shop is heading to upmarket London retailer Fortnum & Mason.

Antwerp dealership Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge has made two sales to international institutions.

A drawing of Jean François Millet’s (1814-75) most famous image generated unexpected levels of bidding in Alameda, California.

A silver and gold presentation belt given to a civilian volunteer nurse who looked after the sick and wounded during the Siege of Ladysmith during the second Boer War has soared over estimate in a London auction.

The personal collection of dealer and decorator Robert Kime (1946-2022) will be auctioned at Dreweatts this autumn.

An early 19th century naïve agricultural scene by the elusive Joseph Digby-Curtis (c.1755-1837) posted one of the highest prices for this genre of painting in the last 20 years.

Christie’s Books and Manuscripts sale on July 12 included a remarkable copy of 'Insectivorous Plants' by Charles Darwin (1809-82).

More than 10,000 books and artworks from the library of the late Christopher Foyle are coming to auction in Cirencester.

A previously lost tapestry, commissioned by Henry VIII for Hampton Court during the turmoil of the English Reformation, is a step closer to returning to the UK for public display.

New laws introduced under the Treasure Act take effect from July 30, in a bid for more antiquities finds to be bought by museums.

Two antique jewellery dealers are calling on the trade to help locate around £50,000 worth of items that went missing in London, believed stolen.