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Tintin creator Hergé (1907-33) must have taken a shine to a Mr TL Ward, judging by a lot sold at an East Yorkshire auction.

New summer art fair to fill the void left by Masterpiece gains promising feedback from exhibitors.

Classic examples of distinctive porcelain take four-figure sums in Gloucestershire

Our selection of 13 lots from upcoming UK auctions

Tanya Baxter specialises in Modern British, Post-Modern and Contemporary art and is among those exhibiting at this year’s LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair (September 27-October 1).

I wonder if any readers can help identify the purpose of a most unusual silver spoon in my possession.

On Friday, July 7, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1924.35 €1758.98 £1503.40

Induction coils used to produce high-voltage pulses from a low-voltage direct current, are often called Ruhmkorff coils although studied by Michael Faraday in the 1830s

The best-known type of Maori jewellery is the pounamu (greenstone) hei tiki pendants, the figural carvings representing ‘the first man’ that were typically worn by women.

Perth auctioneer Nick Burns of Lindsay Burns & Company was the winner of this year’s Scottish Auctioneers & Art Dealers golf tournament.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Moretti Fine Art opening a Paris gallery tis autumn.

A telephone exchange removed from Buckingham Palace during refurbishment 25 years ago sold in west London for £3000.

Book specialist Simon Vickers is retiring from his full-time role at Lyon & Turnbull to become a consultant.

Like many scientists and eminent thinkers of the time, Isaac Newton was also a devout Christian who thought deeply about religious matters, as a manuscript sold at auction in New York reveals.

A lucernal microscope is a rare survivor.

This lacquered brass and mahogany Hawksbee-type double valve vacuum pump is signed to the recessed silvered plate Ladd, Penton Place, Walworth.

A group of Victorian rowing memorabilia generated plenty of bidding at Claydon Auctioneers (19.5% buyer’s premium) in Buckinghamshire on June 25-26.

Almanacs became hugely popular as printing made them widely accessible

Interest in wireless telegraphy, that was piqued when Guglielmo Marconi successfully sent a message from Poldhu, Cornwall to St John’s, Newfoundland in 1910, prompted many amateurs to build and develop their own sets based on the ‘Coherer’ principle for sending and receiving Morse code.

Five original LS Lowry (1887-1976) pictures sold to five different buyers at Tennants’ (22% buyer’s premium) latest Modern & Contemporary art sale.