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Five historic Congressional naval medals awarded during the War of 1812 excelled at Noonans’ latest sale of British, World Coins and Historical Medals.

The PBFA event marked its half century with a busy and successful edition

James McNeill Whistler’s (1834-1903) first portrait commission, a painting of Lucas Alexander Ionides, drew a strong bidding battle at Bonhams on September 25.

SJ Phillips will shortly unveil one of the best antique ring collections to appear on the market in years.

Chairs and sofas by Howard & Sons are a pricey niche market these days, largely immune to the varying fortunes of the wider market for Victorian and Edwardian furniture.

A popular two-day biannual antiques and vintage fair run since 2017 in a large glasshouse at Coolings Garden Centre at Knockholt in Kent is growing in exhibitor numbers.

Antiques dealers in Portobello Road’s Dolphin Arcade are preparing to leave after they were served with an eviction notice. The move deals another blow to the west London antiques hub.

The highlight of the sale of Fine Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments at Dreweatts was this French mantel clock with orrery c.1810. Although unsigned, it is thought to be by the talented Paris clockmaker Antide Janvier (1751-1835).

The first part of the auction of the extraordinary coin collection of Lars Emil Bruun (1852-1923) raised a total of €14.8m (£12.5m) including premium last week.

The J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has returned an ancient bronze funerary couch to Turkey after concluding that it had been illicitly excavated in the early 1980s.

'Frock Me!' was established 27 years ago and is currently held at both Chelsea Old Town Hall on the King’s Road and at Kensington Town Hall (which will be hosting a 'Frock Me!' fair on October 27). The vintage fashion event is now expanding its horizons by establishing an edition in Victoria.

A landmark painting by renowned equine artist Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869-1958) has been reunited with the sketches she made to create the work thanks to a museum purchase from a dealer.

This Sèvres porcelain basket-shaped centrepiece was one of the highlights in a sale held by Ostantix Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Ostend on September 3-4.