Major record for Alfred Parsons as view of the Somerset hills flies over estimate. Alfred Parsons (1847-1920) is generally considered a solidly collectable Victorian-Edwardian art ...

Garden Museum launches fundraising plea to buy portrait of one of the earliest recorded black gardeners in Britain. Lambeth’s Garden Museum is hoping to raise £420,000 to purch ...

Unrecorded photograph of Oscar Wilde discovered at Gloucestershire auction. A seemingly unrecorded photograph of the poet and playwright Oscar Wilde taken during his time at Magda ...

Two auction records smashed in Islamic and Indian art with 14th century glass and 17th century scientific instrument. Two auction records were broken during the London spring seri ...

Top stories this week including bomb squad called in after Second World War shell found at Ardingly fair. The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of ...

Earliest known Castiglione court painting to headline Sotheby’s Hong Kong series. Asian Art Week at Sotheby’s Hong Kong will be led by the earliest extant court painting by th ...

This summer Sotheby’s will offer what is billed as ‘the most valuable single collection ever offered in London’.

Stolen books and letters valued at more than $3m recovered after 35 years thanks to book dealers. A group of rare books and a bound collection of 37 love letters written by the Ro ...

Museums came prepared to buy at the recent staging of Asia Week New York.

Clarice Cliff charger is among five lots to watch. With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week ...

Important collection of John Tunnard works brings demand in Newcastle. Newcastle saleroom Anderson & Garland offered what was billed as “the most comprehensive private holding o ...

Newmarket museum acquires three large equine portraits via tax scheme. Three large horse portraits by the British artist John Wootton (1682-1764) will be on display at The Nationa ...