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A musket made in the Chinese Imperial workshops, complete with marks, will become the first of its kind to be offered at auction next month.

Philip Hoffman’s Fine Art Group are to launch a new finance company targeting artworks valued between $250,000 and $20m.

For the second time in a month a French museum has secured a painting by Hubert Robert.

A pair of 18th century console tables led a selection of items previously owned by the former billionaire Sir Anthony O'Reilly offered at Irish auctioneers Mealy’s earlier this week.

The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair ended October 2 after a six-day run that included a number of international sales.

Christie’s post-war and Contemporary art evening auction posted a strong performance last night with international bidders visiting London during Frieze week helping to bump up the results.

Livery cupboards are a pretty rare species in the oak lexicon but what makes the example shown here particularly unusual is its early date combined with the presence of drawers.