A painting by Canaletto (1697-1768) once owned by the first British prime minister Sir Robert Walpole sold for £27.5m at Christie’s latest Old Master evening sale.

A crowdfunding project by Bristol Museums Development Trust to bid for JMW Turner’s 'The Rising Squall, Hot Wells from St Vincent’s Rock, Bristol' (1792), has reached in excess of £100,000. The ...

An enormous deceased estate in West Yorkshire has been providing Scarborough saleroom David Duggleby (25% buyer’s premium) with a vast range of works to offload over the last two years. The late owner ...

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

With estimates from £80, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week Devoted to advertising memorabilia, antique bottles, breweriana and early… ...

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 ...

The latest Modern and Contemporary art auctions in London raised a combined £97.8m. This compared to £132.3m from the ...

LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair is returning on October 28-November 2. Newcomers to the fair this year include Gladwell & ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included a ‘treasure trove’ of rare coins found hidden in a house in France selling at auction ...

A copper button, made in 1852 as part of the effort to find survivors of the doomed Franklin expedition to the Arctic, has sold at auction for £6000. Auctioneer Brian Goodison-Blanks of Bearnes ...

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 ...

Italy has announced a cut in VAT for art and antiques from 22% to 5%, making it lower than any other EU state. The government ...