The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news that Lord Ashcroft’s medal collection is no longer to be displayed at the Imperial War Museum in London ...

A British government red leather dispatch case belonging to the minister of state for colonial affairs achieved an above estimate price at a recent Bonhams’ timed sale. The late 50s and early 60s ...

A shot fired in 1832 eliminated the last of the great bustard (otis tarda) in Great Britain. The lar… ...

As with Pierre Jeanneret and his vision for Chandigarh in India, Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) is famous for his involvement in ...

Despite achieving an impressive sum, an important Iron Age coin fell short of setting a new auction record at Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s.

The ‘Victorian Village’ at Flambards theme park, consigned to Penzance saleroom Lay’s for sale on March 25-28, has been sold by private treaty ...

A collection of works owned by German-born art historian Klaus Hinrichsen (1912-2004), a key figure in promoting émigré art in the UK, emerged at the latest specialist Prints & Multiples sale at south ...

A depiction of a great bustard by the ornithological illustrator William Hayes captures the twilight years of a bird driven to extinction in Britain A picture by William Hayes (1729-1799) depicting a ...

The artist Matevž Langus (1792-1855) is not a familiar name in UK salerooms. However, in his native Slovenia he remains well known as a portraitist and fresco painter. He studied at Klagenfurt in ...

The legacy of Steven Spurrier is being revived by Panter & Hall in its current exhibition Panter & Hall are hosting an exhibition of drawings from the estate of Steven Spurrier until Mar… ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of the late Hugo Morley-Fletcher’s collection of art and ceramics being consigned to Roseberys.

The invention of the typewriter was a critical moment in technological advancement and its invention… ...