A rare colourway of the Ravilious for Wedgwood coronation mug took a bid of £13,500 at Gildings – a record price for Ravilious ceramics. The souvenir mug, made for the coronation of George VI in 1937, ...
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A selection of 96 paintings from the collection of the Paisley Art Institute sold for £1.1m at Lyon & Turnbull on the evening ...
Despite the success of London Underground's map, Harry Beck’s contribution was largely forgotten for decades. A new exhibition celebrates his place in design history ...
James McNeill Whistler’s (1834-1903) first portrait commission, a painting of his friend Lucas Alexander Ionides, drew a strong bidding battle at Bonhams earlier today. Overshooting an £80,000-120,000 ...
Enjoyed by over 12,000 visitors a year, the British Art Fair hosts over 80 of the UK’s leading dealers. Here are some ...
The collection of playwright John Osborne (1929-1994) is coming to auction next month. The personal possessions accumulated over his lifetime come from the house where he spent his final … ...
An ancient Assyrian artefact stolen from an archaeological site in Iraq in the early 1990s has been returned to the country after being stored for an extended period by the Metropolitan Police in ...
A rare copy of the first English edition of Niccolo Machiavelli’s seminal 1532 book 'The Prince' was snapped up at an auction in Colchester. Translated by Edward Dacres, the English edition was ...
Five historic Congressional naval medals awarded during the War of 1812 excelled at Noonans latest sale of British, World Coins and Historical Medals. All had previously sold as part of the legendary ...
The debut shirt worn by the first black player to play for the England national football team, Viv A… ...