A 17th century panel stolen from a church in Hertfordshire has been discovered and returned after being missing for 30 years. The 2ft 8in x 2ft 2in (82 x 67cm) painted wood panel dates to 1653 and is ...

Charity shop discovery takes four-figure sum at auction. A painting by Modern British artist George Hammond Steel (1900-60) which was discovered in an RSPCA charity shop in Royal ...

British Museum succeeds in raising £3.5m for 'Tudor Heart' pendant. The British Museum raised the £3.5m needed to buy a gold pendant discovered by a metal detectorist in a field ...

Classic Antique Fairs has announced that it will launch events in Manchester and Perth this year.

Plea for UK institution to raise £750,000 for Bedford House puttis blocked from export. A pair of puttis, believed to have been crafted as one of a pair of chimney pieces for Bed ...

"Oh goodness me, look at that..." said auctioneer Adrian Biddell as his colleagues presented him with the traditional handwear. All 322 lots found buyers at Olympia Auctions in London on Wednesday ...

Original design for FA Cup trophy makes £32,000 at Budds. A drawing giving a first glimpse of the now instantly recognisable trophy from the oldest national football competition ...

Portrait of the critic John Russell Taylor is among five lots to watch. With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week ...

UK dealers witness “collectors’ confidence” at BRAFA. UK exhibitors at the recent BRAFA Art Fair in Brussels were heartened by a strong list of sales.

Eliot Hodgkin study brings ‘extremely wealthy’ collectors to Chichester sale. Berkshire-born artist Eliot Hodgkin (1905-87) is known for his highly detailed still ...

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 ...

After 1840, F. & R. Pratt of Fenton in Staffordshire, became the leading (but not the only) manufacturer of multicoloured transfer printed pot lids and a huge range of related wares. Long admired for ...