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Chelsea Red Anchor period ‘Hans Sloane’ plates are named with reference to the royal physician, traveller, and natural historian who helped transform the Chelsea Physic Garden into a centre of botanical knowledge during the Enlightenment.

Swann Auction Galleries (25% buyer’s premium) recorded head-turning sales during its series of New York sales in May.

A French-inspired fleamarket that was launched in June in the small Shropshire town of Whitchurch proved such a success it is now running monthly.

It is with sadness that I advise the passing of a wonderful person who was also my client, Ray Haradin. He was only 60.

A foundation document of Western sinology appeared at Freeman’s Hindman (28% buyer’s premium) in Chicago.

Among the great Beilby discoveries of recent times was the emergence - from two separate sources across 14 years - of six small firing glasses decorated in red, yellow and white enamel with Masonic emblems.

Ceramics expert’s collection sold at auction included notable pieces made on Merseyside but also a Limehouse cup that proved very popular with bidders

British artist famed for The Monarch of the Glen also painted landscapes for his own pleasure

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a First World War plaque returning to South Shields after 50 years away

When William John Kennedy (1930-2021) and his wife were in the process of moving house in the mid-2000s, they found a box tucked away in the back of a closet.

A biannual addition to Sworders’ calendar is The Glass Sale - the first on October 28.

On Friday, July 4, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $3320.57 / €2834.70 / £2441.60

In a market where the ownership history is vital, works bought directly from the artist are sought after

The great Georgian porcelain decorator and technician William Billingsley (1758-1828) was that recognisable type: artistic genius and downright rogue.

E&H Manners, the Kensington Church Street ceramics specialist of more than 30 years, tried something new this year: a summer exhibition.

London rare book dealership Peter Harrington has revealed that it placed the top bid on the first editions of William Blake’s 'Songs of Innocence' (1789) and 'Songs of Experience' (1794) at Christie’s Maurice Sendak auction last month.

My recent letter in ATG (No 2696) regarding the time-limit waiver of VAT exemption on the re-importation of antiques seems to have stirred up a minor hornet’s nest. My phone, while not being exactly hot, has been mildly warm on occasion.

Showground extravaganza run until recently by B2B continues to be a success under the new organiser

A Louis XIV Boulle bracket clock c.1712 features in Olde Time Antique Clocks’ open weekend this month.

Graham Turner’s antiques fairs have an enviable longevity in the Suffolk town of Long Melford.