Still bearing the physical scars of battle, a monumental Union Jack flown by HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar led Christie’s Exceptional Sale in London on July 1. It tipped over the estimate ...

A ‘lost’ landscape by JMW Turner (1775-1851), thought to be the first oil painting the artist ever exhibited, sold for £1.5m at Sotheby’s latest Old Master evening sale. Depicting a former hot spa in ...

An extraordinary Elizabethan swagger portrait drew dramatic competition at Bonhams’ latest Old Master sale. The three-quarter-length painting of the opulently dressed Sir Edward Monins of Waldershare ...

Lowestoft Porcelain. The East Anglian fishing port of Lowestoft, set far away from the other centres of 18th century porcelain production like London, Staffordshire or Liverpool, began producing ...

By 1897, the antiquarian Albert Hartshorne had published Old English Glasses: An account of glass drinking vessels in England, from early times to the end of the eighteenth century.This seminal work ...

Are you an ATG digital subscriber? If so, you can download the app and access the weekly editions of the newspaper for free – allowing you to read ATG on the move with a smartphone and tablet. Once ...

Islamic brass bowl ‘sleeper’ stars in our pick of five auction highlights. ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a possible 14th century Islamic brass bowl that made over ...