The original mahogany rostrum was designed by the celebrated cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale in the 1700s for the firm’s founder James Christie. It had a long innings, serving as the principal rostrum ...
Global art market returns to growth but sales remain below 2022 peak. The art market grew 4% in 2025 with an estimated $59.6bn of global sales. The rise follows two consecutive ye ...
Two ‘lost’ illustrations from a celebrated edition of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book sold for a combined £100,000 at south London saleroom Roseberys on March 10.
Top stories this week including the evacuation of an auction house after a landmine was brought in for valuation. The most read stories on this website over the last week included ...
A painting from Howard Hodgkin’s (1932-2017) period in India has been temporarily blocked from export in the hope a UK institution will raise funds to keep it in the UK. Valued at more than £1.7m, Mrs ...
Henry Moore’s King and Queen sculpture headlines Christie’s evening sale. A large scale Henry Moore (1898-1986) sculpture drew intense bidding at Christie’s latest evening s ...
Top stories this week including Sotheby’s raising its buyer’s premium. The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of auction house Sotheby’s rais ...
Architectural salvage dealer plans retirement auction. Salvage dealers Wilson’s Yard in Dromore, County Down are closing and selling their remaining stock with Cavan auction hou ...
Mayfair antiquities dealer part of the team revealing a 154-million-year-old fossil. Natural history and antiquities gallery David Aaron is involved in the planned exhibition of a ...
They did this to avoid the perils of travel and (after 1784) to escape paying duty in a region where a heathy distain for the Hanoverians persisted well into the 19 th century. Currently some 30 ...
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 ...
It was very much a local concern and local is the best word to describe the scope of factory and its wares, the geographical spread of its original clientele and, by and large, the nature of its ...
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