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Antique arms and armour dealers and auctioneers have come together to lobby against couriers restricting delivery of antique examples.

An early 19th century ‘British School’ watercolour painting of a waterfall raced away from a guide of $200-300 to bring $18,000 (£14,400) at a US auction on May 5.

Elements of a collection of ‘Mouseman’ furniture made by Robert Thompson (1876-1955) for his daughter Elsie come for sale in Yorkshire.

The first day of the Battersea Decorative Fair is always a place to celebrity spot as well as see a range of art and antiques.

This miniature 17th century psalter in a contemporary pierced and engraved openwork silver binding is priced at £15,000 by Bernard Quaritch at Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair.

Remarkably, although a very successful and popular artist, no accounts of the work of the Georgian caricaturist James Gillray (1756-1815) were published in England during his lifetime.

A large single-owner collection of 567 lots of art and artefacts from China, the Middle East and Europe, put together over a lifetime, is coming to auction at Roseberys.

A picture by the artist dubbed ‘the Irish Alfred Wallis’ soared above estimate to bring a record at Dublin saleroom Adam’s (25% buyer’s premium).

Rupert Powell of Forum Auctions reflects on a busy year in the ‘stage-play’ of rare books

Ilka Gansera-Levegue of Art & Horse Racing Gallery in Newmarket. She will be exhibiting at Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair from May 17-19.

A large shark and tarot card reading might seem a bizarre way to bring visitors into a north-west London antiques centre but there is method behind the apparent madness.

Designs promoting exhibitions can be a great way to collect on a tight budget

Like all artists born in the 19th century, Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) underwent a traditional academic training, studying at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule (now the University of Applied Arts, Vienna) from 1876-83.

New Orleans art, antiques and jewellery firm MS Rau is expanding and will open a second seasonal location in Colorado, on June 6.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of an exhibition on William Morris and his daughter May Morris’ visits to Iceland.

First editions are not always the be-all and end-all for collecting

A group of original works by Prunella Clough (1919-99) came for sale at Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest Modern and Contemporary Art sale.

Jewellery specialist Hancocks London is celebrating its move to a new, larger premises. Leaving Mayfair after 175 years, the dealer has opted for St James’ (as revealed in ATG No 2631).