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Christie’s is looking to repeat its success by making a bumper price for a piece of medieval tomb sculpture in London this summer.

It ain’t rocket science: rarity adds value. While various other factors come into play, the number of a particular item in existence is a clear driver of auction prices, and in militaria the defence of Rorke’s Drift is a classic example.

The annual summer initiative ‘Brown’s London Art Weekend’, showcasing exhibitions, talks and tours in West End art galleries and auction houses, has announced a major rebranding and partnership.

A new art advisory group has been formed to help ease the pitfalls of buying and selling art and antiques.

The UK government has passed the third reading of the Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill, opposing amendments called for by the art and antiques trade.

Financier Falcon Fine Art has completed its first art lending deal in Belgium. The firm helped a collector in Belgium borrow against the value of a collection of 19th century “museum-quality” paintings and sculpture.

Police are appealing for information after a painting by British artist Mary Potter was stolen at a recent fair in London.

The London dealer Godson and Coles of Fulham Road has concluded the sale of this George II period brass-inlaid mahogany metamorphic table to Temple Newsam House.

A French collection comprising 70-lots documenting historical attempts at achieving flight will be offered at Bonhams on March 1.

Shop owners in London and the south of England are facing a significant increase in business rates when bills arrive in April.

The antiquarian book trade has suffered one of its biggest-ever thefts after an audacious robbery in west London.

An oil painting by Parmigianino has been barred from export in the hope £24.5m can be raised to keep it in the UK.

The Van Gogh Museum has unveiled a series of prints of nine works by the great artist recreated with three-dimensional technology.

Plans to create art galleries and premises for dealers in townhouses near the V&A have got the approval from Kensington and Chelsea Council.

Followers of Paul Nash (1889-1946) are getting another opportunity to view his works in London this month.

Ethics, transparency and self-regulation should be the focus for the art trade to protect against reputational risk.

Sotheby’s has begun legal action against dealer Mark Weiss over the sale of a Frans Hals painting that it now believes to be “undoubtedly a forgery”. However Weiss said he will "contest the claim vigorously".

A parliamentary debate is to be held this afternoon in the House of Commons' Westminster Hall ahead of the launch of a government consultation.

A rare copy of the first book printed in Antarctica has sold for £55,000 at Bonhams.