New traffic restrictions on Portobello Road have affected the trade of the antiques dealers in shops and stalls along the famous west London street. Barriers installed by Kensington and Chelsea ...

In an auction that helped establish a secondary market for the artist and sculptor Peter Jackson (1930-2019), Suffolk saleroom Lacy Scott & Knight (22.5% buyer’s premium) offered a group of 245 works ...

The latest in the new 'Fake or Fortune?' series featured a work possibly by Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947). Presented by art dealer Philip Mould and broadcaster Fiona Bruce, the third episode in the ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary music concerts ever held: Live Aid. Strictly speaking, it was two concerts of course, held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in ...

A previously unknown Anglo-Saxon era silver penny, recently found by a metal detectorist in Lincolnshire, is expected to sell for between £20,000-30,000 at auction in the autumn. The coin was struck ...

A “once in a lifetime” discovery of a 1937 jacketless first impression of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit smashed expectations, selling for £43,000 (£52,030 with fees) at auction. The timed online sale at ...

Sworders to host first London selling exhibition at its Cecil Court gallery. Sworders’ London gallery at 15 Cecil Court is to host its first selling show this month.

With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week ...

Two works catalogued as ‘circle of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)’ caught the attention at a recent sale at Keys (25% buyer’s premium) in Aylsham, one creeping over estimate but the other smashing ...

Royal Doulton Royal Doulton’s rise from London makers of domestic stonewares to an internationally-recognised Staffordshire Potteries brand, could scarcely have been predicted in 1877 when the Lambeth ...

Silver Spoons The many variations and styles of silver spoons, together with their long history, has created a rich collecting seam. Enthusiasts collect by type, function, by maker, by geographical ...

Lowestoft Porcelain The East Anglian fishing port of Lowestoft, set far away from the other centres of 18th century porcelain production like London, Staffordshire or Liverpool, began producing ...