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Two fairs in Birmingham are joined by new Greater Manchester event before another in Scotland

Not a first edition of the horror classic but the version printed five years later is also sought after

A group of lots with a strong whiff of the Bloomsbury Group emerged at a recent auction held at North Yorkshire saleroom Elstob (25% buyer’s premium).

An Elizabethan or early Stuart diamond cluster gold ring found in Wormington, Gloucestershire, in November 2024 was among 14 metal detected jewels offered at Noonans (24% buyer’s premium) in Mayfair.

Clockmaker Brockbank & Atkins of St John’s Square, Clerkenwell, was known as a supplier of mahogany and silvered brass eight-day wall clocks for lighthouses.

On Thursday, July 9, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold trading price of: $4103.37 / €3589.53 / £3062.22.

Just a few hours after the Treasure House Fair opened to the public, London jeweller Wartski announced the sale of a major highlight from its stand.

A remarkable bronze cast of one of the most revered ancient sculptures, Laocoön and His Sons, drew fierce bidding at Sotheby’s on July 1 and led the latest round of ‘Classic art’ sales in London.

An 1847 first edition of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (offered together with Agnes Grey by her sister Anne) hit a new high when it sold for £950,000 at Christie’s on June 30.

Maltese furniture was largely overlooked in the 1960s and 70s.

A collector’s cabinet sold by Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on June 30-July 1 was from a small group of furnishings fashioned from the Waterloo Elm.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a collection of eight autograph letters from the poet John Keats to Fanny Brawne selling at Sotheby’s New York

The He-Man film out now has struggled at the box office but the character in a smaller form amazed saleroom bidders.

The prime minister-in-waiting, Andy Burnham, is planning to move parts of Downing Street’s operation to Manchester in a move to devolve power out of London, and a push to the city where he was formerly mayor (of Greater Manchester). One of the UK’s most visited shopping destinations for its many vintage shops, here are a few possible temptations in and around Manchester for Downing Street’s finest.

More than 200 traders descended on the local racecourse for the Newmarket Antiques & Collectors Fair, which has been running for over 20 years.

Original copper printing plates for works by famous artists do not appear often at auction, and rarely does a private collection come for sale.