South-east England

Although the wearer of a First World War tunic sold by Kent auction house C&T (22% buyer’s premium) on July 26-28 was not listed, it gave plenty of clues to his service.

The team behind dealer marketplace 2Covet has bought The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair.

Items collected and meticulously recorded from the 1970s onwards by a trade couple had the attractions of ‘dealer’s choice’ provenances when offered at Hanson Holloway’s Ross (25% buyer’s premium).

Jackie Edwards launched her antiques and vintage street markets nearly 10 years ago as ACVR Events.

A few antiques businesses operate in garden centres but sadly one of these is closing.

Can an original frame make all the difference to price? A recent Surrey auction provided an interesting test.

Business is doing so well at the newly acquired and renovated antiques centre in Wallingford, formerly the Lamb Arcade, that turnover has increased by 25%.

Sale tells a tale of the English and Scottish makers who headed out to India for work

London art dealer Danny Katz is loaning a John Constable (1776-1837) painting which he bought at Sotheby’s last year to Brighton’s Royal Pavilion.

Sealed wine bottles possess a powerful sense of time and place. For some collectors it is the regional connections that appeal most.

Famous Berkshire racecourse hosts new event featuring 60 high-end dealers

Colourful work with provenance back to artist’s sister catches the attention in Kent saleroom

An English delft drug jar offered by Great Western Auctions (24% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow was both a polychrome and a documentary piece.

Thomas Sandby’s (1721-98) architectural drawings are significant part of the artist’s oeuvre.

A Victorian sapphire, diamond and pearl brooch-pendant was one of two pieces with Indian roots offered for sale at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium).

Dreweatts offers a private collection of work by Gerald Benney, perhaps the key figure in the revival of British silversmithing in post-war Britain.

Catherine Southon’s (24% buyer’s premium) 10th anniversary auction included a new house record of £47,000 for an early Victorian diamond rivière.

Calling all antiques and vintage dealers, more of whom are needed to swell the numbers in the antiques street at the annual Thames Traditional Boat Festival held this year from Friday to Sunday, July 15-17.

The Leica I debuted at the 1925 Leipzig Spring Fair at a time when it was still common for glass plates to be used in cameras.