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The threshold of qualifying transactions for artworks under UK anti-money laundering rules will change from Euros to British pounds.

The 18th and 19th centuries were the golden age of topaz.

The watch-makers in the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland were a textbook 19th century cottage industry – typically self-employed men, and some women, working either in the ateliers based in the hamlet of Crêt-Meylan or at home. Seldom did they receive credit for their great skill.

London dealer William Cook is marking the 250th anniversary of American independence by flying the flag at Petworth Park Antiques & Art Fair (running from May 8-10).

An 18th century silver tea table top linked to the Lethieullier family has been purchased by the Huguenot Museum in Rochester.

With a press release that took the German auction market completely by surprise, Munich auctioneers Neumeister announced that the June sale will be the firm’s last.

Gardening and vernacular furniture displayed as imagined from Beatrix Potter's Mr McGregor’s garden shed forms a highlight from the upcoming The Decorative Fair on May 12-17

Among the Modern British art highlights sold in the regions so far this spring was a striking landscape that made a significant sum for an early Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) at Kinghams’ (26% buyer’s premium) latest British Art & Design sale.

Two pictures relating to the family of former US president George HW Bush added to catalogue raisonné

Cathedrals, palaces and abbeys were also among the sights featured as British tourism developed

This Flemish Baroque carved ebony table cabinet shown below opens to reveal intricate silk needlework images of flowers to the inside of its three doors.

On a hot afternoon in 2000, as part of his broader exploration of marginalised communities, Italian photographer Marco Delogu (b.1960) visited a Roma camp on the outskirts of Rome.

Our selection of lots from 11 upcoming auctions

While May’s series of UK Asian art auctions lacks the overall focus of the Asian Art in London initiative in the autumn or the pomp of other spring events in New York or Hong Kong, it remains a key moment in the calendar.

Robert Tucker lives in the Grade I-listed Restoration House in Rochester with his partner Jonathan Wilmot.

Galerie Negropontes has turned to photography to explore the work of another canonical artist.

Two choice British documents emerged across two different sales at Amherst, New Hampshire firm RR Auction (25% buyer’s premium).

Make the best of the Whitsun weekend with two fairs being staged in scenic venues close to each other

The group of Chinese ‘export’ silver offered by Gorringe’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Lewes on April 21 came by descent from Reginald Follett Codrington Hedgeland (1874-1967), an Oxford graduate from Exeter who joined the Chinese Maritime Customs Service in 1898.

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