UK

The Bath Decorative Antiques Fair returns to The Pavilion venue from March 13-15.

As well as eight books and manuscripts by Aubrey Beardsley (1872-98) at Christie’s sale of the Barry Humphries collection – plus one photo of the illustrator and author too – the auction included a rare self-portrait.

Salisbury saleroom holds specialist offering staged as part of a three-day sale as demand increases

Dealers were out in force to buy from other traders at an annual showground event praised as busy but friendly

“To the inhabitants of Wyndham Road, an unremarkable cul-desac of bungalows in Andover in Hampshire, Mary Stewart Lockhart, the white-haired old lady in number 5, must have seemed equally unremarkable… None of them could have realised that between the World Wars she had been one of the leading furniture makers, designers and businesswomen in the country.”

The so-called ‘dummy board’ or ‘silent companion’ is believed to have originated in Holland during the early 17th century.

Famed for his range of characters, Barry Humphries was also a bibliophile of great taste

The star attaction at Stephen Large’s third monthly antiques fair at the Livermead House Hotel in Torquay on Sunday, March 23, is TV personality Paul Martin.

Organiser’s first event at the Norfolk Showground after taking over from Aztec will be held later this month

A piece of British punk fashion history drew stiff competition at Newcastle saleroom Anderson & Garland (25% buyer’s premium).

Scripts, photographs, posters and printed sheet music reflect what has become a popular collecting market

Shortly after the production of the first batch of his jasperware abolitionist medallion, Josiah Wedgwood sent a package to Benjamin Franklin with a covering letter dated February 1788 saying: “I embrace the opportunity to inclose [sic] for the use of your Excellency and friends, a few Cameos on a subject I am happy to acquaint you is daily more and more taking possession of men’s minds on this side of the Atlantic as well as with you.