Laura Chesters

From baubles and brooches to a turkey tureen, here are six festive inspired items at auction.

Two rare Old Master paintings from the Sienese school of the early 14th century that had been rediscovered in France have been snapped up by an American collector.

The collection of connoisseur, art adviser and Masterpiece London fair chairman will be offered at Christie’s next February.

TEFAF Maastricht, organised by The European Fine Art Foundation, has announced its 2024 dates.

A painting by post-impressionist artist Edouard-Leon Cortés (1882-1969) has been recovered after being stolen in the US sometime in the 1950s-60s.

Two people selling faked Cornishware pottery have received suspended sentences and ordered to pay £80,000.

A collection of Irish-related items will go on show in Dublin ahead of an online auction described by Bonhams as its “first on the island of Ireland”.

A survey of wealthy collectors revealed optimism for buying art in the future.

The BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’ is known for discovering artworks – from paintings to sculpture. But for its next series it is expanding into memorabilia.

A £2m collection from Ombersley Court, a Grade I-listed country house near Droitwich Spa, will be offered at Christie’s next month.

A previously lost tapestry, commissioned by Henry VIII during the turmoil of the English Reformation, is a step closer to returning to the UK.

Jussi Pylkkänen, Christie’s global president, plans to step down at the end of the year to work as an independent art advisor.

The latest jobs news across the world of art and antiques.

Police in Suffolk have appealed for help to trace antique jewellery stolen from a shop in Beccles.

Glasgow Women’s Library has bought a hunger strike medal at auction at Bonhams after more than 500 people donated to help secure the piece of suffragette history.

The British Museum has begun a series of measures to try to recover the 2000 jewellery items that were stolen from its collection.

The BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’ TV show returns this month for its 11th series.

Bonhams is hosting an online sale featuring artworks by staff at the auction house.

A Giacometti chandelier and drawings which helped develop Kew Gardens have been blocked from export in the hope a UK institution will raise funding.

A new fair planned by two of the original founders of ‘Masterpiece’ has a new name: ‘The Treasure House Fair’.