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Pictures by two leading women of the Modern British art movement sold strongly at a Lyon & Turnbull (26/25/20% buyer’s premium) auction in London.

Bury St Edmunds might not be the most obvious place to find pieces of Filipino modernism.

Whereas deltiologists’ celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the British postcard may have been curtailed by Covid lockdown in 2020, no such restrictions encumber the opportunity for philatelists to mark the 100th anniversary of the British commemorative stamp this year.

A number of strong performers stood out in a variety of individual pieces offered in Bamfords’ (24.75% buyer’s premium) large four-day auction

Crashing waves are the signature subject of 19th century marine painter David James (1853-1904).

Event that filled the void left by Art & Antiques for Everyone is back at Birmingham NEC after its debut last year

Ada Augusta Lovelace (1815-52), the only daughter of Lord Byron, is today justly celebrated as a mathematician and computer pioneer.

Prior to the Poisons and Pharmacy Act of 1908, there was no legal requirement that a bottle containing poison should carry a warning.

Most Tudor and Stuart embroidered bindings that have survived from the 16th and 17th century cover Bibles, prayerbooks, and other devotional texts.

The McClure Arctic Expedition of 1850 was one of the Franklin rescue missions but ended up with the ironic fate of getting trapped themselves.