Pot Lids It was Felix Edward Pratt (1813-94) who spotted the commercial possibilities of using new printing technology to decorate the lids of containers for popular products such as bear's grease, ...

A selection of European galleries join the Masters section at Frieze Seoul as the fair returns for its four edition from September 3-6. Of the 120 galleries appearing at the fair, 20 are in the Frieze ...

Auction house Sotheby’s has announced the opening date of its New York headquarters at the Breuer Building. The new premises at 945 Madison Avenue will open its doors on November 8, ahead of the ...

Jubilee Market in Covent Garden has celebrated 50 years in business. The seven-day-a-week operation hosts an antiques market every Monday running from 5am to 5pm. The c… ...

What was thought to be the largest private collection of Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022) garments to be sold outside London went under the hammer at Tennants (24% buyer’s premium) in North Yorkshire on ...

Gold jewellery that had belonged to a family in south London for generations was stolen in a burglary while the residents were still at home. Now police have released images of the jewellery ...

The AMI Continental II jukebox appeared in 1962, a time when space race excitement was gripping the US. This radical look was noteworthy because jukeboxes until then were often inspired by the design ...

The Hepworth Wakefield and Art Fund has successfully raised £3.8m after a public appeal to save Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red. The sculpture was blocked from ...

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included the paintings sell-off from Trinity House Paintings ...

A rare mosaic by sculptor Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930-93) is coming to auction from the collection of dealer Ken Bolan. Bolan, who previously ran gallery Talisman, is auctioning 400 items from his ...

The price is the most ever achieved for a work by Lubin Baugin. French auction house Vichy Enchères set a new high for 17th-century French painter Lubin Baugin (161… ...

A pair of diamond earrings crafted by jewellery designer Andrew Grima (192… ...