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Organised for more than 20 years by aviation enthusiasts Dave Sutton and Alistair White in conjunction with the Croydon Airport Society, the annual Croydon Aviation and Military Fair is run on a charity basis aiming to keep the history of Croydon aerodrome alive.

The antiques trade is to be celebrated in the New Year at a museum exhibition in County Durham.

A single-owner private collection, including significant works by artists from the Modern British canon, will be sold at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet on January 15.

A lavish Viennese gold-mounted porcelain tureen and stand – the epitome of Habsburg court luxury during the reign of the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI – topped Bonhams’ Fine European Ceramics sale in London on December 6.

A table designed by a teenaged Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) for Windsor Castle sold for £23,500 (plus 21% buyer’s premium) at Gorringe’s of Lewes on December 4.

Penguin patties, seal cutlets and roast reindeer – and lots of whisky – were on the menu for a famous meal which was followed by ‘Sledges at 12.30’.

ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period December 6-12, 2018. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the latest figures on the amount of treasure dug up by metal detectorists.

On Friday, December 14, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1239.15 / €1093.14 / £983.39

Results from the December 2018 auction series of Old Masters in London.

Dutch and Flemish art also dominated takings at Sotheby's in New Bond Street on December 5. The category was 90% sold and netted the lion’s share of the sale at £24.6m (with premium), against hopes of £16.8m-23.7m.

When this Monet maritime sunset below was hammered down for €860,000 (£767,860) – or €1.18m/£1.05m including premium – in Millon’s (25% buyer’s premium) sale of Modern Art on November 26 it not only overturned its €80,000-100,000 estimate but also achieved the second highest result at auction for a pastel by the famous French Impressionist.

ATG's Review of the Year – the top stories and key sales in April 2018.

ATG's Review of the Year – the top stories and key sales in July 2018.

ATG's Review of the Year – the top stories and key sales in September 2018.

The bronze pieces produced by Rene Lalique are perhaps less well-known than the master’s jewellery and glass but seldom so under-rated that they are consigned to the dustbin, as was the case with this c.1910 hand mirror, below.

The two sewing boxes modelled as houses shown below were made for different markets but both had strong appeal to UK collectors.

“What’s the death on this snuff mull?” asks Tom Hurst, a dealer in African and Oceanic art attending Newark to buy for his online shop and in preparation for his first stand at Tribal Art London in 2019.