A new exhibition of works from King Charles’ private collection allows a comparison of His Majesty's handiwork and a professional artist. More than 70 works of art from King Charles’ private ...

Leica prototype takes seven-figure sum. A Leica prototype camera took a hammer price of €6m (€7.2m including premium) against an estimate of €1.5m-2m at an auction in Austri ...

Photo London to be first artworld event held at newly refurbished Olympia. The newly redeveloped Olympia, set to be unveiled later this year after a £1.3bn makeover, will host 'P ...

Medals associated with the Indian Mutiny are among the most sought-after awards linked to the British occupation of the Subcontinent. Dreweatts/Bloomsbury offered this 1857-8 Indian Mutiny Medal, in ...

Burmantofts Pottery was born out of James Holroyd’s architectural brickworks, taking advantage of the rich local deposits of both coal and clay. However, today, the church built in Shakespeare Street ...

The record-setting £27.5m Canaletto at Christie’s last week represented the sixth highest sum ever recorded at auction for an Old Master. But what others feature in the top 10? ATG's table here is ...

While the origins of the game date back over a millennium (early precursors have been traced to the 6th century AD), its popularity in Europe really started to grow in the Medieval period as the game ...

The third (and final) Downton Abbey film is set to be released in September and a goodbye auction of the hit TV series and film franchise’s props is being hosted by Bonhams. The Downton Abbey auction, ...

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When they first came into use in the 1830s, friction matches were hazardous and could combust without warning, so vesta cases were something of a necessity. But as their production became more ...

By 1897, the antiquarian Albert Hartshorne had published Old English Glasses: An account of glass drinking vessels in England, from early times to the end of the eighteenth century. This seminal work ...

The relatively small number of surviving hollow wares represent the pinnacle of Scottish provincial silver collecting. This rare snuff box marked WJ, ABD for William Jamieson of Aberdeen, and engraved ...