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A single-lot auction conducted by the sealed bids process has set a record for a transfer printed pot lid.

On Friday, August 11, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1916.82 / €1750.80 / £1509.31

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an Edward VIII halfcrown that was never issued being offered at Noonans.

Works coming fresh to the market from British aristocratic sources were once a staple of London Old Master sales.

A postcard carried on the world’s first official airmail flight came up for auction in Staffordshire.

Alexa Robins, organiser of AFC Fairs’ big antiques and vintage event at the Royal Cornwall Showground, is very excited by news of a new fair she’s been asked to put on.

Antiques furniture dealer Philip Crosthwaite’s popular monthly antiques fair in Norwich will feature Richard Goddard, who sells antique vintage tools for a worthy social cause.

Our regular listing of auctions available via thesaleroom.com

While a few examples survive from the 17th and the very early 18th century, teacups and saucers are a rare form in Georgian silver.

A fine example of Viking metalworking was offered at Noonans (24% buyer’s premium) in Mayfair on July 18.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

With the recent passing of Keith Hockin, the antiques trade has lost one of that remaining generation who were at the vanguard of the early oak furniture revival from the 1960s onwards.

Events organiser IACF (International Antiques & Collectors Fairs) is to launch a fair in the Midlands.

William Lenthall (1591-1662) was chosen as Speaker of the Houses of Commons at the beginning of the Long Parliament in 1640.

The answers to our crossword from Issue 2603. The winner - our congratulations and a bottle of Fortnum & Mason prosecco go to Robin Townley of Aylesbury

A usually quiet August was dramatically awakened by a series of sleepers that emerged at three UK regional auction houses.

Most terracotta plank figures from Bronze Age Cyprus have been found in Lapithos, a once important coastal centre on the north of the island.

Strong results and supply boost the market but challenges remain with bidders highly selective

Account of the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb comes as rare set with dust jackets intact

From late 1940 to early 1941 André Breton and a group of other Surrealists including Wifredo Lam, Max Ernst, Oscar Dominguez, Victor Brauner, André Masson and Frédéric Delanglade re-located to Marseille where they anxiously awaited visas to escape occupied France.