theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/02/bur…

Auction record for any book as Hebrew bible takes $38.1m at Sotheby’s antiquestradegazette.com/news/2023/auct…

Auction record for both Indian and Islamic object smashed by Tipu Sultan’s bedchamber sword antiquestradegazette.com/news/2023/auct…

Mom Wants To Know If You Could Use Grandma’s Antique, 12-Person Dining Room Table In Your Studio Apartment bit.ly/44DMN4D

Marks & Spencer refused permission to demolish and rebuild Oxford Street store theguardian.com/business/2023/…

Australian demand lifts Edmund Edgar miniature to five times estimate in Oxford auction antiquestradegazette.com/news/2023/aust…

‘The buildings were a sign of civic pride’: anger as art colleges around the UK close their doors theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Mexico’s $28bn Maya Train puts 25,000 historic sites at risk theartnewspaper.com/2023/11/17/mex…

7 DAYS TO OBJECT TO SAVE LIVERPOOL STREET STATION The deadline to write your objection to Sellar and Network Rail's plans is 30th November OBJECT: Our guide to writing your objection is on the link in our Bio or here bit.ly/3QlZ8oy DONATE: justgiving.com/campaign/savel… SHARE!

RIP Benjamin Zephaniah bbc.com/news/entertain…

Word of the Day (because it’s about time) is ‘respair’, from the 16th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. One of too many lost positives we could do with bringing back. Wishing everyone a gruntled, gormful, ruthful and feckful New Year, full of respair.

Tune in to see me on the new Antiques Roadshow episode, airing 2/12/2024 at 8/7C on PBS!

Al Capone, America's most notorious gangster, was known as 'Scarface' by many and as 'Papa' to his grandchildren. The complex and brutal life of Chicago's Prohibition-era crime boss comes to auction. #AlCapone #WitherellsAuctionHouse antiquetrader.com/antiques-news/…

The world’s first railway station on the Stockton and Darlington Railway is under threat #JustGiving justgiving.com/campaign/save-…

** There is an imminent risk Sheffield City Council may demolish the Tudor inspired facade on Haymarket (Wiley &co). All because of a dispute between landlord and scaffolding company... Please read below & use supplied emails to ask the council not to do this!! hhbs.org.uk/2024/08/29/tel…

Unesco calls for emergency session to protect Lebanese heritage sites as Israeli strikes damage monuments, with Baalbek still at risk ow.ly/arSl50U30zx

M&S demolition sparks environmental backlash–Critics argue tearing down the historic Orchard House will release harmful embedded carbon ow.ly/SbVe50UmCRo

I didn’t know Michael personally but very sad that he is gone. He was one of the real ones, had genuine knowledge and passion. His contributions will be missed.

Hello X! Can anyone precisely translate this? It’s on the underside of a silver and copper inlaid brass Cairoware vase circa 1880-1920 I imagine it’s just numbers and dates?

‼️Today is your last chance to object to a 19-storey tower being built over Liverpool St Stn, destroying much of the building, casting its light-filled concourse into shadow & harming the historic streetscape. All in an area of the City designated inappropriate for towers 😕👇