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Broadside offered $100,000 reward in total for apprehension of president’s killer and accomplices

Relatively little is known about the German-born artist and designer Elsa Tennhardt (1899-1980).

A recent sale at Claydon Auctioneers (21.5% buyer’s premium) in Buckinghamshire included a suite of aluminium bedroom furniture by the HG Hawker Engineering Company.

On Friday, September 27, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2665.30 / €2402.41 / £2019.17

The UK ban on the trade in antique scrimshaw and narwhal tusks has been delayed following the change of government.

An ancient Assyrian relief stolen from an archaeological site in Iraq in the early 1990s has been returned to the country after being stored for an extended period by the Metropol itan Pol ice in London.

Plucked from a box of bric-a-brac brought in for a general sale, a Commonwealth gilt brass sealing wax box sold for £5200 at Lawrences of Crewkerne. A clever pun gives a clue to its maker’s identity - and perhaps his political leanings.

London dealer Dickinson is offering what it says is ‘the one of the most exciting old master discoveries to have been made in recent decades, and is an important addition to the small group of extant drawings by Michelangelo’.

Penal crosses take their name from the series of laws that restricted the rights of Roman Catholics and other nonconformists.

The Swinton Estate, which spans approximately 20,000 acres of North Yorkshire, has been in the Cunliffe-Lister family since the 1880s.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a court ruling allowing the sale of Michael Jackson drawings to proceed

Family and friends regretfully announce the death of Robert Jackson Whitfield aged 82 (born 10 October 1941, died 2 September 2024)

Actress Jane Horrocks took to the rostrum at Ewbank’s in Surrey on September 19 for Diary of a Wardrobe - A Celebrity Charity Auction for Marie Curie.

A recent Vintage Posters sale at Swann Galleries (25/20/12% buyer’s premium), a summer staple of the New York auction house, was dominated by three large early 20th century magic posters, each hammering for $22,000 (£16,650).

Pulling out a suitcase from under a bed during a probate valuation, Dawsons’ valuer could scarcely have guessed what they would find hidden inside.

Large urban landscapes, lorry parks, shantytowns and thronging markets feature heavily in the work of Ghanian painter Ablade Glover (b.1934).