2017

The Louvre Abu Dhabi has announced on Twitter that Leonardo's Salvator Mundi is heading to the newly opened museum in the Middle East.

The Victoria Cross is the highest British military honour, but in the animal kingdom the equivalent is the Dickin Medal. The award earned by a pigeon called Princess is coming up at auction at Holloway’s of Banbury on December 12.

New York, London and Paris will be put on the map at the stand of Daniel Crouch Rare Books in the new year at the Winter Antiques Show in Park Avenue Armory in New York.

Sotheby’s has appointed Sarah de Clercq as managing director in The Netherlands. She was previously head of Old Master and 19th Century European art at Christie’s in Amsterdam and will start her new role in January 2018.

A record amount of ‘treasure’ has been found in Britain’s fields and ditches by members of the public in the past year.

Next month in the UK you can watch Darkest Hour, the new film depicting the Churchills in the early days of the Second World War as he became prime minister. But if you are truly fascinated by the man regularly voted as the Greatest Briton, you can get a fix tomorrow by bidding for his spectacles.

Forum Auctions has temporarily exported a collection of Banksy artworks to the US from the UK for an exhibition ahead of its debut Stateside sale next week.

The festive season is upon us and many will be sampling their favourite tipples. Auction houses typically take advantage of this time of year to offer special sales of wines and spirits; and Duke’s in Dorchester is doing just that later this week.

Fines from HMRC for money laundering have doubled in the past year to £1.1m but the number of fines fell to just 886.

Rare sets of geographical, astronomical and scientific themed playing cards featured in two recent sales. Those seen in a recent sale at Chorleys in Gloucestershire came from the estate of the late Alan and Joan Tucker, booksellers of Stroud, as did some 20,000 postcards and most of the books offered in the auction.

The owner of Jarrow Auction Rooms in Tyne and Wear is hoping to raise money to rebuild his business after it was destroyed by a fire last month.

In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week, Masterpiece London gets set for growth and Rolex sets a new record in an electrifying sale at Fellows.

Fine quality and condition are big factors in value for antique weapons, but an impressive provenance also fires the imagination, as two lots coming up in the Thomas Del Mar auction on December 6 demonstrate.

Famed as a prolific author, art critic, and champion of French Impressionism, Emile Zola (1840-1902) had yet another string to his bow. He was, it transpires, an early adopter of the art of photography and a keen practitioner.

The final 2017 edition of the ‘Antiques for Everyone’ fair (November 23-26) had particularly good results in porcelain.

Art Basel-owner MCH Group has bought a 67.5% stake in Masterpiece London and will expand the UK fair overseas.

London post-war and contemporary art gallery Offer Waterman is offering a selection of works by British modernist William Turnbull (1922-2012) for its inaugural appearance at Art Basel Miami Beach.

A new book by jewellery specialist Joanna Hardy was launched this week at Somerset House.

Victoria Crosses are not exactly that rare at auction, despite being the highest British award for gallantry. However, the unique tales of bravery ensure demand is always high, as evident from the auction record just set at London saleroom Morton & Eden.

An exhibition aiming to invigorate interest in Finnish art opened in London this week.