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The international design fair PAD London is returning to Berkeley Square from October 8-13.

Later this month Antiques in Tents holds its highly rated biannual high-end two-day antiques fair in Herefordshire.

The Scottish printer David Bryce (1845-1923) said that when he “descended to the miniature, mite and midget size” he had “many a scoff and jeer as to the absurdity of the production”.

In 1897 Charles Francis Annesley Voysey agreed a contract with Alexander Morton and Co to provide designs for a minimum of 10 textile designs each year for five years.

Sale that featured Constable and Drury big-hitters also included intriguing lots at lower price levels

A selection of upcoming lots focusing on stand-out items from two key design movements

The Autumn Auction at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood in Exeter on October 15-16 includes an array of unusual objects from the collection of the late Christopher Hawkings, who at one time was the co-owner of Phillips, Son & Neale in London’s Bond Street (the firm that later became Phillips).

Back in 2017 Helen Bowman and Ben Wray, formerly Bowman Fairs, hit on the idea of holding a fleamarket at Skipton Auction Mart.

A recent sale at Claydon Auctioneers (21.5% buyer’s premium) in Buckinghamshire included a suite of aluminium bedroom furniture by the HG Hawker Engineering Company.

The UK ban on the trade in antique scrimshaw and narwhal tusks has been delayed following the change of government.