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A 15th century first edition of a pioneering work by Johannes Gallensis surfaced at auction late last month.

Criterion Auctioneers has opened a new saleroom in Gloucester while planning a move into west London in the spring.

An exhibition paying tribute to the late print dealer and restaurateur Andrew Edmunds (1943-2022) will be held at this year’s London Original Print Fair (LOPF).

David Isaac of Isaac and Ede and Samuel Marchant of Asian art dealer Marchant have joined The British Antique Dealers’ Association’s council.

ATG takes a visit to one of the largest fairs in the south of England where buyers come out in force

Extraordinary collection generates £64,000 bid for collaborative works by the playwright and poet

Up till now antiques dealer Philip Crosthwaite has belonged to a happy band of dealers who run their online businesses from home.

Your article in ATG No 2576 speculates that London and the UK might lose their prominence if the major antiques fairs close down.

Lot sold for multiple-estimate sum in Cumbrian sale relates to a notorious election in Northumberland

Dr Richard Piran McClary is a senior lecturer in Islamic art and architecture in the history of art department at The University of York.

The Shanghai Jubilee Medal was instituted in 1893 to mark the 50th anniversary of the first British consul created after the Treaty of Nanking in 1843.

A group of watercolours from the collection of the renowned botanist, entomologist William Curtis (1746-99), drew attention in a Surrey sale.

Wife describes how collector husband Chris Hancock’s latest artworks had to fight for space in a family home

Tom Mendel opened Nonesuch Gallery in 2020 and specialises in works on paper c.1500-1900.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

This brass and iron ecclesiastic chandelier or corona lucis is by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52), the most famous name in the Gothic Revival.

An oil on board of Highclere Park painted in 1943 is the highlight image at Portland Gallery’s exhibition on John Piper (1903-92) this month.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

“Our ephemera fairs are very popular and the next one on February 26 is fully booked with 43 dealers,” said Etc Fairs’ organiser Kim Jeffery, who added: “This fair only takes place six times a year but interest in the dates is very strong.”