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Image of a horse-drawn coach takes top price as many desirable designs come up at auction

A museum in the US has revealed that it made $500,000 by acting as a third-party guarantor at high-profile sales.

Recognised as the ‘Father of Geology’, in 1815 William Smith was the first to map the geology of England and Wales, with part of southern Scotland.

Furniture features as a strong showing at the second Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair of the year.

The privately owned Ford & Etal Estates is described in tourism-speak as “one of Northumberland’s best kept secrets”.

London ancient coin dealership and auction house Roma Numismatics has closed.

It’s not often such a rare group of Fabergé animals unexpectantly comes to sale but at Elmwood’s in London on May 30, that is exactly what collectors have the chance to bid on.

Dreweatts and Christie’s will jointly sell the Stanley Goldfein collection of ceramics across two sales this year.

The British Museum has recovered a further tranche of stolen and missing objects from its collection but over 800 items are still missing.

One lot entered into TW Gaze’s dedicated Clocks & Watches auction in Diss on May 16 caused a wave of interest among maritime historians.

Roseberys and Dreweatts both posted two six-figure prices during the spring round of UK regional Asian art sales.

Two classic 1970s record turntables have been consigned to the 20th Century Design sale at Olympia Auctions on September 20.

Medal group sold for £43,000 at a Devon sale recognised the bravery of a medic who cared for others

From toucans to parakeets, Browse & Darby’s summer exhibition concerns the exotic birds and other animals painted by Simon Bussy (1870-1954), a French artist linked to the Bloomsbury Set.

According to the engraved plaque, this Russian silver cycling trophy, offered by Antiqon (25% buyer’s premium) in Riga, Latvia, on May 18, was presented by Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich to the best cyclist in northern Russia and champion of the Tour of St Michaels.