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On Friday, August 18, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1890.78 / €1744.14 / £1488.81

Dealers across the country offer an array of British antique furniture. From vernacular to formal pieces, here is a selection of what can be found.

The best of nine snuff mulls consigned by a titled long-standing client to Minster Auctions (16% buyer’s premium) was a treen example carved as a ram’s head with glass eyes.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Saxon copper-alloy hanging bowl unearthed in Yorkshire now being offered for sale.

Famous 17th century version by George Chapman translates into five figures

The Exceptional Sale at Christie’s included a complete copy of a celebrated suite of engravings that were printed in France for the Qing emperor Qianlong.

The name Steve Ditko (1927-2018) scarcely needs an introduction to comic collectors.

Aaron Kasmin, a British artist, became fascinated by US feature matchbooks.

Memories of Volvo estates flooded in to ATG after news that the model would no longer be sold in the UK (see ATG No 2605).

I wondered whether any of your readers can help with this painting, an oil on canvas with signature.

Jane Orde specialises in Japanese 19th and 20th century prints and most recently exhibited at Two C’s Burford Antiques Fair and is a regular at The International Birmingham Antique Arms & Militaria Fair (September 17).

Scenes of nudity in American Civil War photography are typically accidental or produced in field hospitals for medical study.

A single-lot auction conducted by the sealed bids process has set a record for a transfer printed pot lid.

On Friday, August 11, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1916.82 / €1750.80 / £1509.31

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an Edward VIII halfcrown that was never issued being offered at Noonans.

Works coming fresh to the market from British aristocratic sources were once a staple of London Old Master sales.

A postcard carried on the world’s first official airmail flight came up for auction in Staffordshire.

Alexa Robins, organiser of AFC Fairs’ big antiques and vintage event at the Royal Cornwall Showground, is very excited by news of a new fair she’s been asked to put on.