Pictures emerge from attic to serve up a wartime treat. Two pictures by Elsie Gledstanes (1891-1982) that were found untouched in an attic after 40 years drew notable competition ...

Antiques dealers speak out over Kensington council’s plans for Portobello Road improvements. Kensington and Chelsea council has announced a £4.4m plan for Portobello Road to im ...

White gloves for Oscar Wilde auction at Bonhams. All 156 lots of the Jeremy Mason collection are sold as bidders vie for choice items related to iconic figure.

Photo London unveils plans for its debut event at London’s Olympia in May. The newly redeveloped Olympia, set to be unveiled this spring after a £1.3bn makeover, will host Phot ...

A 17th century panel stolen from a church in Hertfordshire has been discovered and returned after being missing for 30 years. The 2ft 8in x 2ft 2in (82 x 67cm) painted wood panel dates to 1653 and is ...

Kansas museum buys rare 18th century writing desk by Parisian cabinetmaker. A bonheur-du-jour secrétaire by celebrated cabinetmaker Roger Vandercruse Lacroix (1728-99) has been p ...

Charity shop discovery takes four-figure sum at auction. A painting by Modern British artist George Hammond Steel (1900-60) which was discovered in an RSPCA charity shop in Royal ...

British Museum succeeds in raising £3.5m for 'Tudor Heart' pendant. The British Museum raised the £3.5m needed to buy a gold pendant discovered by a metal detectorist in a field ...

With estimates from £100, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week ...

Walter Greaves portrait of his brother Henry turns heads at Dorset auction. Thanks to their artistic bent, the London-born brothers Walter Greaves (1846-1930) and Henry Greaves (1 ...

Classic Antique Fairs has announced that it will launch events in Manchester and Perth this year.

"Oh goodness me, look at that..." said auctioneer Adrian Biddell as his colleagues presented him with the traditional handwear. All 322 lots found buyers at Olympia Auctions in London on Wednesday ...