UK

Antiques and vintage street markets proliferate across the UK, particularly in the summer.

It may be stating the obvious, but collectors acquire militaria for many different reasons within that market.

A couple of cat pictures made bidders’ whiskers twitch of late.

Andy Maule is among the exhibitors at The Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair in Westonbirt School, Tetbury, (August 11-13).

Northampton’s Monday to Saturday market has had to resort to a temporary location in the Commercial Street car park during the £8.5m renovation of the town’s historic market square.

A privately produced Victorian silver bravery medal proved hugely popular when offered at Noonans (24% buyer’s premium) on June 21.

Apocrypha sold at auction was his personal copy and then inscribed by descendants who later owned it

The lawns at the front of Lotherton Hall, an Edwardian country house at Aberford near Leeds in West Yorkshire, will be buzzing with the sights and sounds of a vintage weekend on Saturday and Sunday, August 12-13.

An early 19th century naïve agricultural scene by the elusive Joseph Digby-Curtis (c.1755-1837) posted one of the highest prices for this genre of painting in the last 20 years.

Christie’s Books and Manuscripts sale on July 12 included a remarkable copy of 'Insectivorous Plants' by Charles Darwin (1809-82).

More than 10,000 books and artworks from the library of the late Christopher Foyle are coming to auction in Cirencester.