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The medal group of a colonel believed to be the most heavily decorated Military Police officer in the history of the corps sold for a mid-estimate £2400.

View of The Great Comet by George Buchanan Wollaston flies high at London saleroom Roseberys

A selection of fourteen upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.

Colonel stationed in Africa then China amassed an impressive collection that sold at auction in France earlier this month

The Chelsea Antiques Fair has confirmed dates for the autumn and hired a new director.

Archaic Chinese bronzes were the stand out lots in Asian Art Week in New York this month.

A New York auction offered reminders of the vital work carried out by ships of all backgrounds, shapes and sizes during the Dunkirk evacuation

By 1941, wartime Britain was facing severe shortages of both the raw materials and the labour force needed to make clothing.

Bonhams holds faith with specialist travel and exploration auctions

…whose painting skill is now clear… as a first selling exhibition for 30 years underlines

No fewer than 248 pieces feature in this grand Paris porcelain table service painted with floral reserves on a green and gilt border and central flowersprays.

A wax seal matrix bought at auction by National Museums Scotland has revealed how James V of Scotland (1512-42) treated one of his illegitimate sons.

A long search for an 1914-15 Star had a happy ending after the Dix Noonan Webb (24% buyer’s premium) auction in London on February 17.

With so much talk of fairs cancelled, auctions postponed and dealer activity constrained, it makes a change to feature the opening of a new gallery.

“Due to our digital presence with our website, social media and the live virtual shopping tours I have been conducting all over the world my skeleton team of 10 staff have been kept extremely busy.”

The photography collecting world has lost one of its longest established members, greatest advocates and one of its true individuals.

An auction titled Richard Dennis: 50 Years Promoting British Ceramics (1971-2021) will be held next month.

A car boot sale find 25 years ago has revealed how a luxury cruise liner was converted for transporting thousands of troops during the Second World War.

An early issue Queen’s Gallantry Medal was one of the highlights of the first militaria auction section at Elstob & Elstob (22% buyer’s premium).

This 9¼in (23.5cm) diameter Sèvres porcelain plate is painted en grisaille with a portrait of the artist Annibale Carracci within borders of chrome green and gilt laurel and oak leaves, fleur de lys, palmettes and florets.