Despite achieving an impressive sum, an important Iron Age coin fell short of setting a new auction record at Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s.

A shot fired in 1832 eliminated the last of the great bustard (otis tarda) in Great Britain. The lar… ...

The ‘Victorian Village’ at Flambards theme park, consigned to Penzance saleroom Lay’s for sale on March 25-28, has been sold by private treaty ...

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 ...

The cigar case given as a token of appreciation for safely transporting General Espartero Baldomero to exile in England found plenty of admirers at Noonans The cigar case given by Spanish general ...

A collection of works owned by German-born art historian Klaus Hinrichsen (1912-2004), a key figure in promoting émigré art ...

Held by the same Dutch family for just over 300 years, a very high grade Elizabeth I gold Sovereign comes for sale this week. The coin, one that would have been familiar to William Shakespeare, ...

The Leica I was the first mass-produced Leica. One of its prototypes, the 0-series, heads to auction this summer ...

The legacy of Steven Spurrier is being revived by Panter & Hall in its current exhibition Panter & Hall are hosting an exhibition of drawings from the estate of Steven Spurrier until Mar… ...

Shapero Rare Books deals in antiquarian and rare books and works on paper. Its Travel Catalogue 2025 is an adventure around the world ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of the late Hugo Morley-Fletcher’s collection of art and ceramics being consigned to Roseberys.

A depiction of a great bustard by the ornithological illustrator William Hayes captures the twilight years of a bird driven to extinction in Britain A picture by William Hayes (1729-1799) depicting a ...