2018

What better way to celebrate the festive season with all its sentimental and commercial pleasures than with a trip to one’s local saleroom?

The most popular stories on this website over the last week (November 1-7, 2018) included news of a vigorous dealer backlash forcing Amazon-owned AbeBooks into a change of policy.

Fellows held its largest auction so far this year with a hammer total reaching £1m at its Antique & Modern Jewellery sale.

Bob Monkhouse was loved as one of the best comedians and presenters of his generation but few people know about the huge respect he is also held in by comic collectors.

A backlash against Amazon-owned AbeBooks over the online book portal’s decision to quit selling in a number of countries has forced the company to backtrack on its plans.

Lyon & Turnbull is to launch regular, dedicated whisky sales at its Edinburgh saleroom as the sector reaches an “all-time high”.

Art dealers and auction house experts have been struck from all TEFAF vetting panels following the introduction of a new global policy.

Photographer Phillipe Halsman loved to take photos of famous people jumping. He once said: “Starting in the early 1950s I asked every famous or important person I photographed to jump for me. I was motivated by a genuine curiosity.

TV presenter and antiques specialist Paul Martin has kept himself busy following the announcement that Flog It!, the show he presented for 17 years, has been scrapped.

The backlash against Amazon-owned AbeBooks over the online book portal’s decision to quit selling in four countries has escalated to an online protest.

A blaze broke out in four buildings at Nottingham Cattle Market after gas cylinders exploded yesterday evening.

The right of French museums to claim a lot offered at auction as soon as the final price is determined by the fall of the hammer always adds an extra dimension to any auction in France.

Modern British art is a wide field that includes big-name artists such as Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore and LS Lowry as well as a host of lesser-known artists who are discovered or revived by the market.

A Walrus Man Star Wars figure, a hat once belonging to Winston Churchill and an Art Nouveau poster are among our previews from upcoming sales this week.

Find out why one dealer thought the government has done “too little too late” this week and what other members of the art and antiques trade said in our roundup of quotes.

Our latest look at new moves across auction houses and art dealerships.

The UK government has issued an export bar on a previously lost Antonio Canova bust that sold at a Sotheby’s auction earlier this summer.