A grand piano once owned by the celebrated concert pianist Arabella Goddard is back on display where it once held pride of place at Cragside in Northumberland. Goddard's piano is on display thanks to ...

A portrait of King Edward VI that sold at a Roseberys auction earlier this year has gone on public display at Hampton Court Palace. Offered at the West Norwood saleroom’s Old Master, British & ...

The once much-loved antiques fair at Olympia, west London has been cancelled due to a lack of interest from dealers.

The botanist, artist and photographer Anna Atkins (1799-1871) is thought to have been the first woman to have created a photograph and the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic ...

Furniture and accessories from the historic country estate Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire is coming to auction. Pro Auction is offering more than 3000 items of furniture and accessories from the hotel ...

A Madonna and Child painting, catalogued as by an ‘Italian Old Master’, took an astonishing £685,000 hammer price at an auction in Banbury. Offered on the last day of JS Fine Art’s three day Town and ...

The annual Antiquarian Bookseller Association (ABA) National Book Collecting Prize is open for entries. The student book collecting competition is open to all young book collectors aged between 18-30.

A William De Morgan collection that began with Sir William Gwynne-E… ...

A small group of 20th century woodcuts showing local Sussex scenes were among the pictures bringing demand at the latest Art & Design Post 1880 at Gorringe’s (plus 25% buyer’s premium). The sale in ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of an auction record set for any piece of Carlton Ware ...

London rare book dealer Peter Harrington has opened its New York gallery. Located … ...

Diaries written by Francis Crick (1916-2004), the English molecular biologist who played a crucial role in deciphering the helical structure of the DNA molecule, come for sale at Essex firm Sworders ...