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News of the Supreme Court ruling that will allow thousands of small businesses to receive insurance payouts covering losses from the first national coronavirus lockdown has been largely welcomed within the art and antiques trade.

Members of the Royal Medical Service hope to raise money to purchase a medicine cabinet linked to Lord Nelson’s surgeon Sir William Beatty.

A Tintin comic cover in France and a Batman number 1 issue in the US sold for multi-million-pound sums on the same day, writes Laura Chesters.

One of only a handful of known examples of Henry III’s gold penny – one of the most fabled coins in all of British numismatics – sold for $720,000 (£554,000) at auction in Dallas last week.

London Art Week has a full calendar of events for this year including virtual exhibitions and plans to host in-person shows if restrictions allow.

The UK has agreed to follow the existing Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) regulations under the Brexit trade deal that came into effect earlier this month.

The oldest surviving FA Cup was bought by Manchester City FC owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed when it sold at auction last year, it has now been revealed.

A Wiltshire auction house has alerted the trade to a missing collection of porcelain.

An Egyptian polychrome painted limestone relief from the 12th dynasty has been bought by the State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich, Germany.

The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) has reorganised its team and created a new role of director of strategy and operations.

Golding Young & Mawer is to offer the untouched collection of a Warwickshire country house at the end of the month.

Click-and-collect services from non-essential retail will now no longer be allowed in Scotland.

An auctioneer has put his own name above the door after working for more than three decades in the same Winchester saleroom.

Dealers, collectors and curators traditionally head to New York and Florida in January and February for a wide array of events.

The organiser of The Open Art Fair is to appeal a small claims court ruling that said two dealers need pay only part of their stand fee as the event was cut short.