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Success can be slow to arrive sometimes. For Louis Kuppenheim, it came more than four decades after his business was founded.
Mention colourful Italian glass and you probably think of Venetian or Murano, but there have been other areas of significant glass production in Italy: introducing the elegance of Empoli.
English milliner James Herrington was the first person to appear in a top hat in public and his January 1797 outing caused an apparent riot.
A designer, architect, painter and photographer, Eileen Gray was 94 before her pioneering work was formally recognised. Today one of her chairs could cost you millions. Make that many millions…
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit predates Mickey Mouse and was just as popular when he was first debuted. But who is he really?
Where we report on news and events in the overseas trade. The UK report includes treasure hunters, the Willow pattern legacy and performance art in a bookshop…
When a collector saw this painting of his Swiss mountain neighbourhood, he just had to have it…
There’s a new collecting craze being played out in the regional auction houses of the UK - and it’s going to shock you…
The Sydney Fair opens on May 29 in The Kensington Room at Randwick Racecourse with a spectacular showcase of Art Deco treasures.
The end of a pottery icon as Moorcroft Pottery closes its doors.
You may not be familiar with the name George Smart (1774-1846), but you might know the other name by which he went: The Tailor of Frant.
More than 3000 precious objects from 30 collections can be seen in one exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane
From just 2000 television sets in the world to nearly 1.8 billion today… it’s fair to say the invention was successful.
A 14th century Chinese handscroll sells for $52.2m – but it takes 97 minutes...
A medal awarded to the only dog in WWII to accompany an RAF pilot on active combat missions.
And no wonder: this Dragon King decoration only appears on this particular Wedgwood vase.
Victorian art pottery at its best, encompassing whimsical, comical and sometimes entirely Gothic domestic and decorative wares.
Popular in Victorian times were these rock crystal domes engraved on the reverse side and painstakingly detailed in oils.