The new president of CINOA has issued a call for unity across the cultural sector in response to “increasingly restrictive legislation affecting the global art and antiques trade”. Patrick Mestdagh, a ...

An 18th century carved oak chair has been stolen from a Buckinghamshire church. The chair is believed to have been taken some time in the three days preceding June 5. It was taken … ...

A new auction high for a Moorcroft vase was set as the previous record holder returned to the rostrum. The flambé Carp vase designed c.1914, last sold in 2012 came up for sale at Woolley & Wallis’ Fi… ...

The artist Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938) was something of a jack of all trades. But contrary to the old adage he was a master of many. The Australian-British painter was also a printmaker, illustrator, ...

A group of papers Alan Turing smashed estimates at auction in Lichfield. The collection of offprints of Turing's major papers came by descent from his close friend and fello… ...

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

A piece that holds the record for a Moorcroft vase at auction returns to the rostrum this week. The flambé Carp vase, last sold in 2012, comes up for sale at Woolley & Wallis this week with a … ...

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 ...

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 ...

Furniture experts fined and sentenced following a long-running French fake furniture scandal A court in Pontoise, near Paris ...

A rediscovered portrait of author George Eliot will go on display at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery. Art dealer Andrew Sim of Sim Fine Art discovered the chalk pastel portrait of a young woman at an au ...

The first oil painting ever exhibited by JMW Turner (1775-1851) in his lifetime will be offered at Sotheby’s this summer. The ‘lost’ landscape depicting a former hot spa in Bristol was painted by the ...