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Matchbox can sell well even when there isn’t an actual vehicle in sight.

Among the busiest stands on the opening day of The Treasure House Fair that ran at the Chelsea Hospital site from June 22-26 was that of horology dealership Carter Marsh.

Elements of an avant garde silver and malachite table service designed by Josef Hoffman for the Palais Stoclet in Brussels sold to a single buyer for £505,000 (£636,300 including 26% buyer’s premium).

A work by Rebecca Solomon (1832-86) originally offered at Sotheby’s and later blocked from export to the US has been bought by two UK museums.

A 14th or 15th century Persian mirror that emerged at auction in Lincolnshire took a five-figure sum.

A handwritten letter by the 26-year-old Mozart coming up for auction at Christie’s reveals a tricky love life.

Merchandise relating to an early show from the Thunderbirds creator makes a surprise sum at Kent auction

Latest results for works by the stars of the Scottish market show strong prices but a bit of a mixed picture

Sasha dolls are named after their Swiss designer, artist Sasha Morgenthaler and were made in the UK and Germany from the mid to late 1960s.

I have been shown an article in ATG (No 2586) regarding Richard Cawood, the former organiser of the Antique Home & Vintage Fair that ran at York Racecourse for several years.

A rare work of 1767 called A Journal of a Voyage Round the World in His Majesty’s Ship The Dolphin… was offered by Thomson Roddick (20% buyer’s premium) in Carlisle.

Caroline Tremlett is a marketing and business development consultant and collects antique and vintage jelly moulds

A further selection of highlights from the London dealers’ wider-ranging showcase this summer

Craig Finch of Finch & Co offers antiquities, ethnographic art, European sculpture and fine art.

Key to the success of the London Map Fair was an international outlook combined with keeping it local.

Not everything offered in the model railway market has to involve a glamorous name such as Flying Scotsman to make a good result.

Being a devil is profitable for a Pelham Puppet.

Showing little sign of their huge popularity slowing down, Star War figures made a significant contribution to a two-day TV and film-related auction.

Refugee artist provided first-hand experience of cutting edge style