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The Weekly Antiques Sale at Gorringe’s on February 27 included this fine Poole Pottery charger.

Nelson’s life and work has been exhaustively researched and evaluated since the day he died.

Three developments stand out in the latest British Art Market Federation Guidance issued

An early watercolour of Chepstow Castle by JMW Turner (1775-1851) that was previously recorded but its whereabouts unknown has emerged in Cambridge.

The anti-money laundering rules, applying the Fifth Money Laundering Directive (known as 5MLD) took effect on January 10, 2020. and apply to ‘Art Market Participants’ (AMPs).

Trade at London’s Camden Passage antiques market is being blighted by roadworks for a new traffic system.

The overall total raised at the latest round of Modern and Contemporary art sales in London was boosted by a couple of recently restituted pictures.

Research reveals £265,000 auction purchase is a celebrated work from Grand Ducal workshops

This 13 x 13in (33 x 33cm) brick is from the walls of Babylon and dates from 604-562BC.

While they may not appear such comfortable bedfellows today, the novel weapons of mass destruction created during the First World War were deemed a perfectly suitable subject for novelty trinkets of the day.

For many British schoolchildren Roy of the Rovers was just as famous as any of the real-life footballers of the day.

The government is updating the Treasure Act so that important finds that are not part of the current legal definition can be more easily bought by museums.

The jersey worn by Sir Gareth Edwards when he scored what is generally considered the game’s greatest ever try set an auction record for any rugby shirt when it was knocked down at £240,000 last week (plus 20% buyer’s premium inc VAT).

Art dealer Ivor Braka has agreed an out of court settlement to pay Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) royalties in the UK.

A rediscovered work by ‘Uruguay’s most important painter’ Juan Manuel Blanes (1830- 1901) has sold for a record £1.15m in West Sussex.

The Open Art Fair (TOAF) is investigating new dates and venues after it was forced to scrap its edition for this year.

A remarkable 16th century oil painting on marble that previously sold at Sotheby’s has been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.