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Shipping is one of the largest annual costs for art and antique dealers so it’s no surprise that many look for the most cost-effective method of shipping to get orders to excited clients.

London event organiser says many visitors post-pandemic restrictions are new to antiques

First part of a collection which covered the walls and cellar of two whole flats is offered at auction

A British subject born in Rio de Janeiro, Reginald Fairfax Wells (1877-1951) studied sculpture at the South Kensington School of Art in the 1890s and then studio pottery at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts.

Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916) is well known as an animalier sculptor creating studies of exotic animals that he observed in the zoos at Antwerp and the Jardin des Plantes in Paris.

Oxfordshire dealership Witney Antiques’ latest exhibition features early example of band samplers.

The Glaisdale Library was the collection of Martin Henry Burtt, a well-known figure in the Yorkshire and indeed national agricultural worlds.

How is the art and antiques trade to respond to the gloomy predictions discussed at the recent Cop27 in Egypt November 6-18)?

Single-owner group of mostly silver egg cups spanning two centuries opens a French auction

On Friday, November 18, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1762.56 / €1688.81 / £1481.15

A clutch of good-quality traditional landscapes exceeded hopes at Exeter saleroom Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (25% buyer’s premium).

I have a mystery drawing from 1934 judging by the date given next to the signature.

On Friday, November 11, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1772.33 / €1712.26 / £1501.98

A rediscovered album of 19 cartes de visite portrait photographs documenting Charles Darwin’s changing visage over three decades sold for £126,000.

TEFAF Maastricht is returning to its spring slot next year.

Two miniatures of Derby winners belonging to John Bowes (1811-85), founder of the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, come for sale at Elstob & Elstob’s Ripon saleroom on November 30.

This 11oz George III silver goblet by Solomon Hougham, London 1802, is engraved with an inscription that is key to its appeal.

Setting an all-time high for a single-owner offering, the auction of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s collection at Christie’s raised an extraordinary $1.62bn (£1.42bn) in New York.

A Wedgwood Art Deco tea and coffee set and the original design drawings by Paul Follot (1877-1941) have been bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum and put on display at the World of Wedgwood museum in Stoke-on-Trent.