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Dealers, fair organisers and antiques centre managers are preparing to return to business with a mixture of enthusiasm and caution.

Auction houses in London have announced they are restarting live auctions in June.

Among the best-performing lots at the latest mammoth sale held by TimeLine in Harwich, Essex was this 1st-2nd century hollow-formed bronze foot.

Most surviving 17th century brown salt glaze vessels were made in Germany, typically in Frechen, close to the city of Cologne.

Date for English trade premises to accept visitors again is now set and Covid-19 safety measures planned

A Roman bronze from the 1st century led the online sale of works from the collection of London dealer Daniel Katz at Sotheby’s.

The Export Licensing Unit (ELU), which closed under the March lockdown, has reopened with a new temporary procedure.

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has bought a watercolour depicting the grand entrance hall of the college dating back to when it was a house.

London Art Week is set to have a record number of participants this summer as it launches an online-focused format.

Two outstanding works on paper – a letter by Robert Burns and a page from the manuscript for Charles Dickens’ 'Pickwick Papers' – headline the June offerings across the field of books, maps and prints.

Dealers and collectors of antique ivory will seek to take their case to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal rejected their latest challenge to the Ivory Act 2018.

The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) is planning an unlimited succession of virtual fairs starting on the 29th of each month as it adapts to a world without traditional fairs.

Five different texts from 16th century Germany are bound up in this intriguing vexierbuch.

Gibson Antiques, owned by director of FACT Alastair Gibson, is selling a collection of antique fans at auction.

Portobello Road will close to traffic during weekday trading hours to allow more room for shoppers and visitors, writes Laura Chesters.