A group of papers Alan Turing smashed estimates at auction in Lichfield. The collection of offprints of Turing's major papers came by descent from his close friend and fello… ...

Records date back to 1720 for a small glassworks off London's Fleet Street, but Britain's longest running glass house, best known as the Whitefriars factory, really came into its own when James Powell ...

A piece that holds the record for a Moorcroft vase at auction returns to the rostrum this week. The flambé Carp vase, last sold in 2012, comes up for sale at Woolley & Wallis this week with a … ...

The stricken Moorcroft pottery business will have a member of the founder's family involved with the firm for the first time in nearly 20 years. William J Moorcroft, grandson of founder William ...

An 18th century folio bible in mosaic binding was among the notable sales at the recent Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair.

Two pieces of furniture that belonged to Oscar Wilde are among the highl… ...

"In their view, we Londoners know little about God, and nothing about pottery". Royal Doulton's rise from London makers of domestic stonewares to an internationally-recognised Staffordshire Potteries ...

When they first came into use in the 1830s, friction matches were hazardous and could combust without warning, so vesta cases were something of a necessity. But as their production became more ...

Over recent years, works painted in India by Arthur William Devis (1762-1822) have become a valuable proposition. The artist, who was the son of the renowned portrait painter Arthur Devis (c.1711-87), ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of Woolley & Wallis offering the silver collection of the late dealer Michael Baggott this summer.

A painting by Henry Singleton (1766-1839) depicting the surrender of Tipu Sultan’s two sons to Major General David Baird (1757-1829) made five times its estimate at Bonhams.

Almost every sporting activity you can think of is represented in the memorabilia market and many sectors of the antiques industry have their own sporting sub-sector: silver, ceramics, paintings, ...