2023

Permits and licences for CITES will soon be moving to an online service.

With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a Roman bust discovered in a Texas charity shop and bought for just $34.99 being repatriated to Germany.

A second tranche of the Ann and Gordon Getty collection is coming to Christie’s in June.

A large acrylic on canvas by Indian artist Syed Haider Raza (1922-2016) drew strong interest at Roseberys (25% buyer’s premium), surpassing a £50,000-70,000 estimate and selling at £240,000 to a private collector.

The art and antiques trade are celebrating the coronation of Charles III and Camilla as King and Queen ahead of the big day at Westminster Abbey on May 6.

Large art galleries in the US were the top payers of 2022, according to a new salary report.

With estimates from £100, here are six previews of upcoming items.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included a garnet intaglio ring bid to 450-times its estimate at auction.

In the latest of a series of court cases, two men have been found guilty of trying to sell rare Anglo-Saxon coins.

A Roman bust discovered in a US charity shop and bought for just $34.99 will be repatriated to Germany.

The art and antiques trade have been asked to look out for a stolen sculpture and jewellery taken from a home in Surrey.

From stage costumes, handwritten lyrics and guitars to Victorian paintings, a Faberge clock and Japanese art, the private collection of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury (1946-91) is to be offered in a series of auctions.

An exhibition at Christie’s, a talk at Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair and a collection offered at book dealer Peter Harrington are all part of the celebration of the Bard.

With estimates from £150, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of the sad passing of the antiques expert, author and Antiques Roadshow stalwart Judith Miller.

A selection of upcoming lots from the Post-War and Contemporary art sector including a John Tunnard landscape and an Alan Davie abstract.

A round up of industry news including French auction house Artcurial buying Swiss firm Beurret Bailly Widmer Auktionen.

A temporary export block has been placed on a portrait of cavalry officers in the British Indian Army by Philip de László, in the hope it can be purchased by a UK institution.

A major painting by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) will be offered at Sotheby’s evening sale of Modern art in New York on May 16. Pitched at $3m-5m, it has the highest estimate ever placed on a work by the Danish artist.