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The bohemian lives of the Bloomsbury Group of artists have long been a source of fascination for the British public.

You can’t visit dealers in person – but you could pop in to their homes and gardens online

This small-scale book of hours, below, was made c.1490-93 for Charles VIII of France. Containing 12 full-page and 10 small miniatures by the Master of the Chronique scandaleuse, it is offered by Les Enluminures for $575,000 as part of its online initiative: a Books of Hours online update to be sent out biannually.

On April 10, 1970, a Paul McCartney ‘self-interview’ ahead of the release of his debut solo album had been taken by the media to be an announcement that the band was no more.

MADAM – After this pandemic, retail will undergo a seismic shift even faster than the present move away from many high streets.

The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) Council is giving members who exhibited at the curtailed The Open Art Fair (TOAF) sums equivalent to 20% of their stand rental charges.

A switch to online-only sales for auction houses has led to a rise in marathon sessions.

Among the highlights of Antony Cribb’s Spring Virtual Arms and Armour sale was a collection of presentation swords.

La Biennale Paris has proposed that potential exhibitors may spread payment of their participation fees out over four months after the event.

For their first appearance at the 55,000-seater Shea Stadium in Queens, New York, in 1965, The Beatles needed no promotion. At the height of Beatlemania in the US, the venue sold out in minutes.

Our selection of 40 objects to view and buy from dealers online.

The Comerford collection of portrait miniatures, offered for sale by Chiswick Auctions last month, was acquired almost in its entirety by a single bidder.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Dix Noonan Webb pledging 5% of its premium for the NHS.

Although premises are closed, online selling can help to create a sale day sense of excitement

Since its launch in 1953 there have been well over a dozen distinct references of the Rolex Submariner, with all sorts of minutiae adding up to several hundred different variants.

Giant of the Welsh art market takes the limelight with an intriguing yellow-infused work

Believing there’s room for impartial art advice from an auction veteran, Clive Stewart-Lockhart has left Woolley & Wallis to embark on one last career move. Noelle McElhatton went to hear his plans ahead of the current Covid-19 lockdown

Clive Stewart-Lockhart recalls memorable sales, including one ‘barn find’ with a difference, across his 45-plus years as an auctioneer

This photo was taken at the July 1992 sale of the contents of Sunnyclose, near Henley-on-Thames.