Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses after a burglary at a museum in Exeter. Around 17 pocket watches and a blunderbuss were stolen from Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gal… ...

A pair of characterful studies of cranes, a penguin and a boatbill heron set a high price for Henry Stacy Marks (1829-98) at Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh earlier this month. The ...

Hampshire police are appealing for information on an antique sundial stolen from The Somerley Estate in the New Forest. The sundial, weighing nearly 4 stone (around 25kg), was stolen from Georgian ...

Society of Antiquaries of London, a membership group for historians and archaeologists, is fundraising to stay in its ...

The form emerged in the early 18 th century, though the origin of the name is obscure. Chairs of this type were manufactured in large numbers in the Thames Valley in Buckinghamshire, and Windsor may ...

With estimates from £50, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of dealer Emma Rutherford selling a portrait miniature believed to depict Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd Earl of Southampton.

The earliest collectors of firearms were probably monarchs intent on amassing armouries to demonstrate their wealth and power. They also became patrons, employing expert craftsmen to create better and ...

Silver spoons for the dining table have been around since antiquity - a much longer history than the table fork, which did not come into general use until the 18 th century. By this time spoons had ...

If you are new to the art market you may find this list of terms frequently used by Antiques Trade Gazette helpful. Living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are ...

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 ...

Art from the West Country featured prominently in the collection of the late antiques dealer Tony Martin. Running his shop in ...