The stricken Moorcroft pottery business will have a member of the founder's family involved with the firm for the first time in nearly 20 years. William J Moorcroft, grandson of founder William ...

Two pieces of furniture that belonged to Oscar Wilde are among the highl… ...

When they first came into use in the 1830s, friction matches were hazardous and could combust without warning, so vesta cases were something of a necessity. But as their production became more ...

Over recent years, works painted in India by Arthur William Devis (1762-1822) have become a valuable proposition. The artist, who was the son of the renowned portrait painter Arthur Devis (c.1711-87), ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of Woolley & Wallis offering the silver collection of the late dealer Michael Baggott this summer.

Jewellery specialist Geoffrey Munn has placed his personal collection of historical jewels on permanent loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The 22 pieces, many of them created in deeply personal ...

Records date back to 1720 for a small glassworks off London's Fleet Street, but Britain's longest running glass house, best known as the Whitefriars factory, really came into its own when James Powell ...

It was billed as the ‘first ever $100m collection of Old Masters to come to auction’ but the auction of the Saunders collection at Sotheby’s New York last night came in significantly below ...

Almost every sporting activity you can think of is represented in the memorabilia market and many sectors of the antiques industry have their own sporting sub-sector: silver, ceramics, paintings, ...

A rare self-portrait by William Dobson (1611-46) has been jointly acquired by Tate Britain and the National Portrait Gallery in a £2.37m private treaty sale brokered by dealer Hazlitt.

A scarce Louis Vuitton wardrobe steamer trunk dating from the 1920s or earlier sold for £130,000 hammer (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at John Nicholson’s on June 11. The saleroom in Fernhurst, Surrey, ...

From dealers and auction houses, here is the latest round up of people moves. Terence Woodcock, known as Terry, will be ...