A cased pair of gold and silver inlaid flintlock pistols by the renowned French maker Nicolas Noel Boutet of Versailles, c.1805-14, which sold for $380,000 (£262,000) at an auction held by James Julia ...

A baluster form cream jug, one of the 54 known pieces produced by William Egan and Sons during the months in 1922 when Republican Cork was cut off from Free State Dublin during the Irish Civil War.

Political caricatures often appear at auction as part of group lots, such as this example of Thomas Rowlandson’s ‘Accomodation Ladder’ which appeared as part of an album of 43 prints at Dominic Winter ...

London’s Natural History Museum has acquired a newly identified dinosaur from Mayfair dealership David Aaron.

The galleries on Cork Street in Mayfair, London, have joined forces on a multi-part exhibition running all year.

Participants have been announced for this year’s PAD London.

A large diptych depicting a profusion of colourful and curious figures attracted spectacular bidding at a recent sale held by Toovey's (24.5% buyer’s premium). The two unframed oils on canvas (one ...

An extraordinary Elizabethan swagger portrait drew dramatic competition at Bonhams’ latest Old Master sale. The three-quarter-length painting of the opulently dressed Sir Edward Monins of Waldershare ...

A ‘lost’ landscape by JMW Turner (1775-1851), thought to be the first oil painting the artist ever exhibited, sold for £1.5m at Sotheby’s latest Old Master evening sale. Depicting a former hot spa in ...

Still bearing the physical scars of battle, a monumental Union Jack flown by HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar led Christie’s Exceptional Sale in London on July 1. It tipped over the estimate ...

Relocations and new gallery openings are among the latest Movers & Shakers. The latest news from around auction houses, ...

Early sales in the first hours of Treasure House Fair heated up the third edition of the Chelsea fair. Amid the heatwave sweeping the UK, exhibitors kept their cool and agreed deals in the opening ...