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A Camden Passage jewellery dealer suffered a devastating loss of his entire stock after a theft from his stand at the London market.

Cotswold art gallery Trinity House Paintings is in administration.

A Brutus Eid Mar-type silver denarius, struck shortly after the murder of Julius Caesar, has become the most expensive numismatic object ever sold at auction in Scandinavia.

Matchbox can sell well even when there isn’t an actual vehicle in sight.

Among the busiest stands on the opening day of The Treasure House Fair that ran at the Chelsea Hospital site from June 22-26 was that of horology dealership Carter Marsh.

Elements of an avant garde silver and malachite table service designed by Josef Hoffman for the Palais Stoclet in Brussels sold to a single buyer for £505,000 (£636,300 including 26% buyer’s premium).

A work by Rebecca Solomon (1832-86) originally offered at Sotheby’s and later blocked from export to the US has been bought by two UK museums.

A 14th or 15th century Persian mirror that emerged at auction in Lincolnshire took a five-figure sum.

A handwritten letter by the 26-year-old Mozart coming up for auction at Christie’s reveals a tricky love life.

Merchandise relating to an early show from the Thunderbirds creator makes a surprise sum at Kent auction

Latest results for works by the stars of the Scottish market show strong prices but a bit of a mixed picture

Long records of ownership have become one of the crucial factors to get a good result in this market

Every year there are large and small robberies committed against members of the antiques trade. These vary from ‘opportunist’ thieving – a brooch, a bag, a candlestick – to much more extreme and planned attacks.

Sasha dolls are named after their Swiss designer, artist Sasha Morgenthaler and were made in the UK and Germany from the mid to late 1960s.

A rare work of 1767 called A Journal of a Voyage Round the World in His Majesty’s Ship The Dolphin… was offered by Thomson Roddick (20% buyer’s premium) in Carlisle.

A further selection of highlights from the London dealers’ wider-ranging showcase this summer

The Matchbox Magic sale at Teesside saleroom Vectis (20.83% buyer’s premium) on May 30 lived up to its billing by entrancing bidders.

Not everything offered in the model railway market has to involve a glamorous name such as Flying Scotsman to make a good result.