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The founders of a successful toy fair have stepped down after 46 years.

A 22ct gold Cadbury’s Conundrum egg made a huge return for the vendor when it reappeared on the auction block this summer.

A group of Sikh arms and battle standards once owned by Lord Dalhousie (1812-60) have been sold to a private collector for a six-figure sum via London dealers Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch.

Around 500 original artworks by the late Peter Firmin (1928-2018) – co-creator of Bagpuss, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, The Clangers and Basil Brush – were sold in a remarkable sale at Canterbury Auction Galleries.

A new code of conduct launched by UNESCO has been met with concern from the art market.

A fascinating archive of diaries and photographs shedding light on the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition has sold for almost £35,000 in total at auction.

A rare portrait sculpture of a scandalous Victorian heiress that sold at auction has been acquired by Buscot Park following a temporary export bar.

US President Donald Trump has introduced a new set of trading tariffs that will impact the UK and 60 trading partners.

Modern British artist Joan Warburton (1920-1996) is having a moment in the art market.

A collection of furniture, silver, works of art, carpets and books from the estate of artist John Singer Sargent’s grand-niece will be offered at Chorley’s on September 15.

Among the museum purchases at TEFAF Maastricht earlier this year was a table sold by a Brighton dealer to Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in a deal that has just been announced.

One of the most enduring and as yet unresolved questions in mountaineering and exploration is ‘who was the first man to stand on top of Mount Everest?’

A clutch of high-end dealers have signed up to exhibit at the LAPADA Fair in Berkeley Square this autumn, building on momentum started last year.