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 ...
The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a blue and white porcelain vase flying over predictions at Hansons ...
The British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA) has awarded artist Rafael El Baz its 2025 BADA Art Prize for his work 'Soft ...
A UK gallery or institution will need to raise £280,000 + VAT to acquire a work by Henri-Joseph François, Baron De Triqueti, before it leaves the country. The sculpture is a unique double portrait and ...
Three fossilised dinosaur skeletons and a collection of 11 Chinese artworks were among the assets recovered by the National ...
A group of around 30 Old Masters from the collection of the late dealer Robert Compton Jones is being offered at Leonard Joel ...
On the same day that Freeman’s Hindman announced it would rebrand simply as Freeman’s, the firm held a $2.5m two-part sale of Old Masters and 19th century European art. Offered at the morning session ...
Auction house Phillips has hired India Phillips as its managing director for Modern and Co… ...
A pair of Chinese huanghuali armchairs, formerly owned by a US Treasury official who became an economic adviser to Chairman ...
A naïve-style painted record of the famous boxing match between Car… ...
An enlarged copy of the original ‘His Masters Voice’ picture by Francis Barraud (1856-1924) is now on display at a museum in ...
Art and antiquities dealers Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch have sold two glass items to a US museum. The Corning Museum of Glass has purchased a large Roman green glass jar dating to the 3 rd -4 th ...