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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Top stories this week including a rare programme from Manchester United’s first FA Cup victory selling at auction. The most read stories on this website over the last week inclu ...

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 ...

Although now familiar to generations of children, the industrial process of die-casting only came into being towards the end of the First World War. Forcing a molten alloy into a mould under pressure ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Plea for UK institution to raise £750,000 for Bedford House puttis blocked from export. A pair of puttis, believed to have been crafted as one of a pair of chimney pieces for Bed ...