Renaissance jewels (and a master faker revealed), maiolica, Empire and eighteenth-century French lacquer furniture, the life of women between Orient and Europe, Art Deco, Finnish painting, the Brueghels and art from Oceania

The Shah's policy decreed that private individuals could sponsor excavations and keep a portion of the finds

Geoffrey Munn gives an insider view of the last year

Percentage rates are down in many areas for the first half of the season

Sales of the catalogue have raised nearly £35,000 for the Samaritans

Rotonda della Besana, Milan

“Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen Scots: History and Myth” is on show, along with several groundbreaking seminars

Gold box exhibition to celebrate 125 years