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Logistics firm DHL is to change its policy on shipping knives and other bladed articles from March 1, applying a ban on carrying blades over 8in (20.3cm) long on its Express service.

On February 11, vintage costume specialist Kerry Taylor Auctions sold a private collection of Napoleonic and Regency dress formed over the last two decades by Cristina Barreto and Martin Lancaster.

Holkham Hal l ’s Lady Elizabeth wing became a packed saleroom on February 11, as more than 150 bidders braved a chilly, grey day to attend Sworders’ attic sale on the north Norfolk coast.

This Dutch East Indies gold mounted tortoiseshell betel box hammered at £15,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) on the opening day of the sale held by Mellors & Kirk in Nottingham on February 11-12.

The fashion for eye miniatures – or lover’s eyes – is said to have begun with a politically and socially unacceptable royal affair.

Treasure finds in the UK are at an all-year high, a report has found.

A market-fresh picture by the artist-plantsman Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889-1982) has emerged at auction in Cambridge.

Poole Museum has emerged as the buyer of a work on paper by John Piper (1903-92) that sold at a Roseberys auction.

A gentleman (Dukatenscheißer) with his trousers pulled down excreting a gilt metal coin from his bottom or a composition nodder of a grotesque women beating a child might not be for everyone.

Candy and Andy were just like any other children in the late 1960s, except that they lived with two pandas called Mr and Mrs Bearanda and owned a Mini called Stripey.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish sales of books and works on paper

Huddersfield dealer who started out in the trade 35 years ago talks of current selling trends

Estimated at £200-300 but sold for £4200 at Charterhouse (25% buyer’s premium) in Sherborne, Dorset, were two design books from the Royal Doulton workshop floor.

Teacher turned designer was part of the Royal Doulton team creating some of the first HN figures

A 16th century bible in German was the most expensive book sold at auction in the UK in December.

The original 1934 design for 'Le Genie de la Mer' by Carlo Sarrabezolles (1888-1971) was meant for the ocean liner Normandie and is currently on display outside the CMA CGM Tower in Marseille.

Paintings depicting humble carpenter and not-so-humble locksmith benefit from market freshness

The latest jobs moves and appointments across the world of art and antiques

Celebrities and politicians are often spotted hunting for antiques at fairs, markets and centres including singer Taylor Swift who is a fan of Portobello Road Market and Boris and Carrie Johnson, seen recently at Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Park.