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Three of the youngest members of Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s prove that a love of antiques and auction house work is alive and well in the next generation

Lennox and Sue Cato tell us why they are making a move from Kent to the Cotswolds

Dr Stephen Martin first encountered Archibald Knox in a New York bookstore in 1990.

Auctioneer and valuer Clive Stewart-Lockhart has written a new biography of one of British Art Deco’s foremost figures - his great aunt Mary Stewart Lockhart, better known as Betty Joel (1894-1985).

Michael Cooke, known to many as ‘Mapman Michael’, passed away on March 14 aged 79.

Sussex and Kent saleroom Gorringe’s begins a new chapter this month under full family ownership and new management.

Derek was born on October 14, 1942, to Gladys and Harold.

The museum gallery created to house the extensive collection of one of the most active British medal collectors of recent times is to close.

The Bath Decorative Antiques Fair returns to The Pavilion venue from March 13-15.

“To the inhabitants of Wyndham Road, an unremarkable cul-desac of bungalows in Andover in Hampshire, Mary Stewart Lockhart, the white-haired old lady in number 5, must have seemed equally unremarkable… None of them could have realised that between the World Wars she had been one of the leading furniture makers, designers and businesswomen in the country.”

Susan Pickett, a retired community nurse from Cornwall, is vice-chairman of The Daniel Ceramic Circle. Her own collection of items made by the H&R Daniel manufactory began when she was looking for a plate to fit a space on a dresser. One piece soon became three, which later became more than 200.

To say that retired police officer Brab Hallowes has a passion for collecting would be something of an understatement.

Christopher Proudfoot is the president of The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society (CLPGS).

British comedy star Eric Morecambe’s (1926-84) lifetime collection of showbiz memorabilia and personal treasures are set for auction at Hansons on January 10-11.

The hubbub that is the Giant Shepton Flea has been run by veteran fair organiser Sue Ede and her family for nearly 25 years.

Most people will be familiar with Charlie Ross due to his garrulous presence on TV screens for many years, across several BBC antiques programmes.

A fundraising campaign to raise money for The Brain Tumour Charity has been launched following the news that George Wade, a well known member of the auctioneering community, was diagnosed with a double brain tumour.