The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of tributes pouring in following the death of silver dealer and Flog It! expert Michael Baggott. We apologise for the ...

Records date back to 1720 for a small glassworks off London's Fleet Street, but Britain's longest running glass house, best known as the Whitefriars factory, really came into its own when James Powell ...

There was high demand for a collection of what appeared to be Roman dental instruments at a recent Apollo Art Auctions sale.

The years between the loss of the American colonies and George IV’s death in 1830 were the golden age for single-sheet political caricatures – bracketing the careers of two giants of the genre, James ...

A striking example of English country house portraiture, commissioned to record architectural changes to a Cheshire family seat in the mid 18th century, has sold for £150,000 (plus premium).

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 ...

This is how Holbrook Jackson described his first visit to a small pottery dealership situated in Brownlow Street, Holborn, in 1910. He was not the first, nor the last, to be captivated by the ...

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 ...

Easter Rising 1916 memorabilia may be treasured now by collectors, especially after last year’s centenary, but a medal just sold at auction in Ireland once ended up ...

The family collection of works by Gwilym Prichard (1931-2015) and Claudia Williams (1933-2024), the renowned husband and wife team of modern Welsh art, is being offered without reserve at Rogers Jones ...

A piece of militaria history has become available to the public for the first time in over 50 years, and is offered by dealers Knight Fine Antiques and Collectables ...

A 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen has become the world’s most expensive Grand Prix car ever sold after hammering down at €51.15m (£42.5m) including 15% buyer’s premium. We apologise for ...