The government of Ethiopia has called for the cancellation of a sale of a shield at a British auction house. The object was looted in 1868 during the Battle of Maqdala, a punitive expedition against ...

The shield has been withdrawn from an auction at Anderson & Garland, where it was expected to fetch between £800 and £1,200 (roughly $1,000 to $1,500). Anderson & Garland At the request of the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday condemned the British auction of a rare bronze water vessel seized by a British soldier from Beijing's ransacked Imperial Gardens in the 19th Century, calling for ...

Furious Indian politicians, activists and academics have demanded a 200-year-old skull listed for auction in former colonial ruler Britain, alongside at least 25 other remains, to be returned home.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The auction by Henry Aldridge and Son Ltd. is scheduled to take place on Saturday Henry Aldridge and Son Ltd. Pieces of ...

Christie's Modern British and Irish Art evening sale in London on Wednesday netted £17.3 million ($23 million), marking a 20 percent increase on last year's equivalent sale. Barbara Hepworth's The ...

Christie’s, the 258-year-old British auction house best known for selling masterpieces like da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, has been one of the most high-profile traditional institutions to embrace digital ...

A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...