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The first civilian Victoria Cross of just five to be awarded has sold for an auction record hammer price of £750,000 at London saleroom Noonans.

Many visitors to the popular Adam’s fair end up buying items they had not come for.

From half-lengths to the kit-cat size: antique frames come in a variety of sizes.

A former theatre, corn market, auction rooms, exhibition space and council office has been “reanimated” as an “emporium” by a group of art and antiques dealers.

The Minton ‘fungi and foxes’ tureen is among the rarest of all majolica game pie dishes.

Flora Wood (1908-98) was a Scottish painter, draughtman and sculptor who studied in Edinburgh.

Modern and Contemporary art was one of the sectors that seemed to experience an uplift of interest during the lockdown as people had more time to search online for works they like.

The sales at Stride & Son (21.6% buyer’s premium inc VAT) in Chichester on September 1-2 included a trio of avidly contested items, each a rarity in three highly specialised collecting areas.

Two abstract landscapes by Denis Wirth-Miller (1915-2010) were among the works in demand at the latest Post-War and Contemporary art sale held at Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh.

Interior Life, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert’s exhibition celebrating Lucian Freud’s centenary, offers a glimpse at the artist’s collecting habits.

Inscribed to her husband and fellow poet, Ted Hughes, the dedication copy of the first and only collection of Sylvia Plath’s verses to be published in her lifetime, The Colossus and other Poems, sold for a record £75,000.

Multiple editions can make Contemporary art more accessible to the masses.

Usually overshadowed by the art that lies within, it is often forgotten that frames themselves can be a fundamental part of the overall value.

The British Antique Dealers' Association's special week of events involves both online and gallery exhibitions.

Does the Contemporary art auction market need levelling up?

Apparently Sally Arnup (1930-2015) knew she was going to be a sculptor from the age of five – taking a shed in the family garden as a studio.

Distinctive plaques made to mark births are unique to the Suffolk town’s porcelain factory.

Karen Taylor stages Pomegranates and papaya: 19 watercolours of fruit and vegetables online.

Novelty condiment sets inspired by the far reaches of the British Empire are a feature of Victorian silver.

Two albums of photographs taken by fellow cricketer and friend pitch in at four-figure sum.