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Phillip Segal Toys are very much rarities. He began production in Hampshire in 1938 but was halted when wartime restrictions banned the use of lead.

Event now in 13th year encourages dealers and collectors to choose items regardless of period or culture

The winners of the Asian Art in London awards were announced at an event held at the V&A in London on October 28.

Woolley & Wallis (27% buyer’s premium) considered the Elizabethan bed offered on October 1 to be to ‘by far the most original to be offered at auction in recent years’.

Original manuscript copies of the famous medieval Paston Letters come to the rostrum in Norfolk

The Scottish Art Dealers (SAD) met the Fine Art Golfing Society (FAGS) at Dunbar Golf Club recently to contest their annual challenge match.

Last month Stuart Triggol celebrated a notable landmark: 50 years working for auction house Greenslade Taylor Hunt.

A selection of exhibitions taking place in the capital including the latest show at Chris Beetles

Jenny and Ray Norman, best known as East Anglian longcase clock dealers since 1974, have contacted ATG to highlight an item they say is just in time for the festive season (but it might not fit that well in a Christmas stocking).

The Collector sale at Bishop & Miller in Glandford, near Holt, on October 29 included this late Victorian taxidermy case of two of New Zealand’s rarest birds.

Cabinet was among Chinese exports headed for Europe shipped through the Dutch trading port in Java

Event held in mill owner’s model village is expanding as dealer demand soars

A ‘Black Forest’ liqueur set in the form of a bear carrying a flask and glasses will be among the collectable pieces going on sale at The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair at the Great Yorkshire Showground from November 14-16.

Seven international phone bidders competed a blue and white porcelain vase to nearly 1000 times its high estimate at Hansons (25.5% buyer’s premium) in Etwall, Derbyshire on October 9.

Following the cancellation of its July staging, Classic Antique Fairs returns to the NEC Birmingham from November 28-30 for its third year at the venue

This copy of 'The Night Land' (1912) is a presentation first inscribed on the front endpaper 'Mrs N. Harrison from William Hope Hodgson, Nov 28th /12'.

Re: the obituary for James Brett in ATG No 2716.

Kirkland Tellwright was Clerk of Course at Haydock Park Racecourse in Lancashire for 24 years, until retiring in March 2024.

A Vincennes soft paste porcelain bleu céleste pierced basket from the first Louis XV service sold for £25,000 at Chiswick Auctions (26% buyer’s premium) on October 13.