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Sammelband of 16th century scientific works deserved an extensive write-up as best-seller

Vessels of archaistic form were popular with the Qing who wished to emulate the perceived virtues of antiquity.

These are three views of a famille rose ‘flowers and wufu’ tazza that has an estimate of £8000-12,000.

This street scene by Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) will feature in the sale of Old Master and Modern drawings from 1500-1900 to be held by Millon on May 19 at Drouot in Paris.

Being a collector and ‘auctionroomholic’, it grieves me at the way digital advancement plus the pandemic has given auctioneers a way to reduce the service they provide and yet continue with high commission fees.

In just two weeks The Friends of the National Libraries managed to raise $1.25m (£1m) to buy a rediscovered miniature book by Charlotte Brontë.

On Friday, April 29, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1915.45 / €1281.07 / £1525.08

This 14th century cinnabar lacquer dish measuring almost 14in (35cm) across was acquired in Shanghai by the father of the present owner in the 1930s.

Among the salerooms in Paris holding auctions of drawings, or sales with a drawing section, around the time of the Salon du Dessin is Christie’s.

Book on offer at fishing tackle fair tells story of East End taxidermists who preserved catches

An 18th century marble statuette with an extensive provenance emerged at a recent Nottingham auction.

Tourists returning to London gave Portobello Road traders a significant boost over the Easter period.

A previously lost First World War work by the Newlyn artist Ernest Procter (1886-1935) comes to auction this week.

An early view of Port Adelaide in Australia drew a flurry of overseas interest when it appeared at a recent auction in Massachusetts.

The Mickey and Minnie motorcycle made by Tippco, c.1932, is the most desirable of the German tinplate clockwork toys from this period.

Investors are targeting the Post-war and Contemporary market for high returns as inflation soars and uncertainty reigns

The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) is searching for a new fair manager for its London Antiquarian Book Fair.

A Queen Anne treen nutcracker proved popular at auction.

Like your reporter, for many years I also believed the lamp featured in ATG No 2538 (A Trio of Arts & Crafts designers in focus) was by Arthur Stansfeld Dixon, director, and chief designer of The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft.