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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.

Auction house Dreweatts’ managing director Jonathan Pratt is swapping the rostrum for the stage this summer.

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.

I have been shown an article in ATG (No 2586) regarding Richard Cawood, the former organiser of the Antique Home & Vintage Fair that ran at York Racecourse for several years.

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.

Caroline Tremlett is a marketing and business development consultant and collects antique and vintage jelly moulds

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

Craig Finch of Finch & Co offers antiquities, ethnographic art, European sculpture and fine art.

Key to the success of the London Map Fair was an international outlook combined with keeping it local.

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.

Being a devil is profitable for a Pelham Puppet.

Showing little sign of their huge popularity slowing down, Star War figures made a significant contribution to a two-day TV and film-related auction.

Refugee artist provided first-hand experience of cutting edge style

BADA dealer Timothy Millett, a specialist in historical medals and related works of art, has been collecting ‘defaced’ coins and tokens for many years. He first saw one as a teenager when working at the venerable London firm AH Baldwin in the late 1970s.

When it comes to timed online auctions, timing is everything.

Novelty biscuit tin toys delivered a number of tasty sale successes for South Yorkshire auction house BBR (15% buyer’s premium).