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A Dickin Medal – the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross – is expected to reach £30,000-40,000 at coin and medal auction specialist Morton & Eden in London on December 4.

Between 1923, when he opened his workshop and 1935, the year he dissolved his company, the French goldsmith Jean Trotain primarily produced vanity cases and cigarette boxes for many of the most prominent designers of the Art Deco era.

Our selection of lots from 12 upcoming auctions

Although the size of the collecting audience is changing - and the arrival or departure of just one or two committed buyers can make a significant difference to prices - British provincial wares can command decent prices.

Christie’s is offering Anthony van Dyck’s (1599-1641) painting An Andalusian Horse at its Old Masters Part I sale on December 3 in London estimated at £2m-3m.

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

Arriving just in time for those seeking to do some Christmas shopping, Classic Antique Fairs returns from November 29- December 1.

Prior to the 16th century, tempera, a mix of egg and pigment, was the method of choice for most artists.

A collection of miner’s lamps at Bamfords (24.75% buyer’s premium) in Derby included a pair of patent lamps by William Purdy.

The Autumn Auction at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (26/25% buyer’s premium) in Exeter included an array of unusual objects from the collection of the late Christopher Hawkings.

On Friday, November 15, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2573.54 / €2454.93 / £2026.41

The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) has hosted the BADA Art Award for a fourth year.

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

It is with great sadness that we report the sudden death of Robin Kern at the age of 86.

Abstract and Surrealist paintings by the American artist Man Ray (1890-1976) are a valuable proposition at auction and so it was inevitable that a small picture from a good source would draw interest at a recent Cotswolds auction.

Artists who had been achieving modest levels of success are catching up with the help of young collectors

The first-ever Leica die-cast camera, dating to 1933-34 and created by the Oskar Barnack, the father of modern 35mm photography, appeared as a landmark lot in the sixth sale from Wetzlar Camera Auctions (21.01% buyer’s premium) - held in the hometown of the manufacturer.

When he was 24, Carl Blechen abandoned his intended profession as a banker and devoted himself to painting.

In his magnus opus Memorials of the Jeypore Exhibition, 1883, Thomas Holbein Hendley (1847-1917) documents what he called “a new and most interesting style of engraved silver plate developed in Alwar”.

Dressing table sets are among the most frequently surviving elements of late 17th century hollowware.