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Scandinavian art amassed by Norwegian collectors Iwona and Bjarne Rieber coming up at Bonhams New Bond Street on October 27 includes works by Edvard Munch alongside those by leading figures such as Harald Sohlberg, Michael Ancher and Nikolai Astrup.

Decoratives dealers Kay Davies and Amanda Perry are the new organisers of the biannual Wilton Decorative & Vintage Fair.

Pictures of birds in flight were the stock-in-trade of Sir Peter Markham Scott (1909-89).

A 16th century Renaissance astronomical table clock was among the stand-out lots at Dreweatts recent clocks sale.

Works from the collection of British fashion magnate Peter Simon, the founder of the Monsoon fashion chain, could set a house record for a single-owner collection sold in London when they appear at Christie’s in October.

An unconventional creator who influenced Mondrian finally gets her moment in the limelight with a new London show.

Coinex returns to Grosvenor Square this month with 50 exhibitors and a raft of auctions.

Eminent Georgian instrument maker George Adams (c.1709-72) first described his ‘variable’ microscope in 1771 in the fourth edition of his Micrographia Illastrata.

The organisers of an antiques market that is set to be revived in Winchester are looking to attract more traders.

Portland Gallery of St James’s, London, holds an exhibition of all its artists to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

Cartier debuted the Coccinelle ladybug brooch in 1935, and the design – a whimsical and colourful symbol of good fortune – was popular into the 1940s.

Another newcomer to the rising popularity of antiques fairs held in garden centres is Elephant Promotions.

Such messages from second-class passengers on the liner are some of the rarest to be offered at auction

The first selling exhibition of original artworks by the artist and writer Ralph Steadman (b.1936) in 30 years will open in London this autumn.

Tennants (24% buyer’s premium) recorded some impressive results in its latest Fashion, Costume and Textiles sale.