White Star tickets fly above estimate in Dorset auction. A sale at Duke’s in Dorchester this week included two tickets related to the launching of two of the Oly ...

US President Donald Trump has introduced a new set of trading tariffs that will impact the UK and 60 trading partners.

Why the John Singer Sargent market remains a trans-Atlantic affair. Artistically and commercially, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is a giant that straddles the Atlantic.

The height of the summer art season has drawn to a close but there are still plenty of art and antiques exhibitions to view ...

A collection of furniture, silver, works of art, carpets and books from the estate of artist John Singer Sargent’s grand-niece will be offered at Chorley’s on September 15.

The number of archaeological objects unearthed by the British public in 2024 (the most recent available figures) has soared to close to 80,000 items.

For many people, part of the joy of being a collector is meeting, sharing and learning with like-minded others. Learned societies and collectors’ clubs are a wonderful way to connect with an active ...

They did this to avoid the perils of travel and (after 1784) to escape paying duty in a region where a heathy distain for the Hanoverians persisted well into the 19 th century. Currently some 30 ...

When they first came into use in the 1830s, friction matches were hazardous and could combust without warning, so vesta cases were something of a necessity. But as their production became more ...

Different from the simple overglaze 'bat' printed wares produced at the Worcester and Caughley factories from the 1750s, Spode's ingenious method involved first the engraving of a design onto a copper ...

Within the broader context of 18th century drinking glasses there are certain areas which form the basis of specialist collecting fields. One of these is Beilby glassware, a class mostly of drinking ...

Silver spoons for the dining table have been around since antiquity - a much longer history than the table fork, which did not come into general use until the 18 th century. By this time spoons had ...