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In the run-up to this month’s coronation, collectors and dealers have been eagerly snapping up items with a royal connection – and more sales are set to follow in the weeks ahead.

A series of photographs taken by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98) – aka Lewis Carroll – has sold for £94,400 as part of a timed online auction at Sworders.

A small collection of 17th century stumpwork offered at Lindsay Burns in Perth was topped by this japanned and needlework mirror frame.

The Antiques Rescue Centre (ARC) received its first donations from an auction house and has catalogued them for its records.

Historic dealership Mallett has been relaunched with furniture specialist Rufus Bird to lead the firm.

A small Modern British art fair is launching in Aldeburgh this summer to coincide with the town’s historic music festival.

Fifty years after buying it the first time, former dealer Ray Heath has been reunited with a beloved Moorcroft vase.

James Rylands, director and co-founder of Summers Place Auctions, is retiring after 44 years in the auction business

Collectors and dealers say they are being incorrectly charged for import VAT by eBay and logistics providers such as DHL.

A rediscovered portrait of a leading figure in the fight for women’s suffrage has been purchased for the UK Parliament.

Nelson memorabilia from a private collection in Devon was keenly fought over at Duke’s Spring auction.

This 18th century Chinese export reverse-painted mirror in a period gilt frame took a five-figure sum at auction.

Boris Vasilyevich Anrep (1883-1969), a Russian who lived and worked for most of his life in Britain, is not well known today.

This copy of 'The Study of Sociology' by Herbert Spencer is a first edition from 1875 in original cloth.

Antiques expert, author and Antiques Roadshow stalwart Judith Miller has died after a short illness.

The UK has recovered its second-place spot in the worldwide league table of art and antiques sales, according to the latest report into the global art market.

This rare Victorian copper jelly mould shaped as a tortoise or turtle on rockwork sold for a remarkable £2000 at Brighton & Hove Auctions.

A prayer book once owned by a priest who helped Charles II hide after defeat at the Battle of Worcester, and later heard his death-bed confession, has sold at auction to a national heritage organisation.