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The sale of maritime antiques at Charles Miller (24% buyer’s premium) in London on November 1 included a number of silver boating trophies from the Royal Naval Club & Royal Albert Yacht Club, Portsmouth – most of them well received by the collecting audience.

The most famous firm of the many silversmiths in the German city of Hanau in the late 19th century was Neresheimer & Söhne.

Irish Georgian silver made outside Dublin and Cork comes with significant rarity value

Postcards are going to be on sale for the first time at the Ephemera Society’s fair on Sunday, December 4, at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, London.

Sales were hard won at times during the opening days of the Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia.

André Romain Guilmet’s industrial themed clocks, the epitome of Victorian ‘progress’, are an ever-popular series.

One of the best places to find furniture from across the ages this autumn was the 'Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia'.

Old Master and a string of heavy hitters boost an encouraging event despite challenging times

How can an enthusiast create a museum-quality collection without vast sums of money?

The works of Modern British artist Mary Fedden (1915-2012) are accessible and have a wide appeal. Despite a spike in her prices following her death, these days they are relatively affordable too.

The market presence of Sarah Biffin (1784-1850), a portrait miniaturist born without hands, arms and legs, has been rising over the past few years.

The team behind 2Covet has closed its events division, abandoning all plans to run fairs.

Bennie Gray is celebrating the long-awaited opening of the new Bond Street station in Mayfair.

A Dutch travelogue from the early years of Arctic exploration sold for £44,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Chiswick Auctions on October 26.

Asian Art in London announced the winners of its latest awards at a gala party held in the Victoria and Albert Museum last week.

Highlight sales at the recent Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair included a collection of 40 stone and painted garden toadstools.

Documents were consigned among contents of a house owned by the Arkwright family

Specialist event focuses on a popular period when ‘some truly original ideas’ developed

When Bill Speakman won his Victoria Cross on November 4, 1951, fighting beside him was Corporal John Pender.