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Dealer and collector Kenn Mackay developed an interest in ethnographic art during his travels in the early 1980s.

Ticket requests are up as the East of England Showground prepares for the biannual antiques festival.

Getting the first issue of ATG printed was not an easy task but many of the companies featured in it are still going strong today

A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.

Dealers welcome the return of Pop Up Vintage Fairs at the Business Design Centre in Islington.

The studio potter John Maltby (1936-2020) created this chess set shown right for the Millennium celebrations at the New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham.

Highlights of Chiswick Auctions earlier this summer

We asked some of our longest-standing subscribers to share their memories of their early years of trading and how the launch of ATG changed their business.

This 16in (39cm) mid-18th century saltglazed stoneware bottle has two relief moulded medallions to the shoulder.

Always a bonus for buyers is two fairs in the same venue on the same day.

After 50 years of trading, Potburys Auctions in Sidmouth, Devon will close with the last sale scheduled for September 21.

Bonhams’ (27.5/25% buyer’s premium) sale of Silver & Vertu included a number of Irish provincial pieces from the collection of Peter Ticher.

Although apparently unmarked, this pair of twin-handled porcelain covered chocolate cups, covers and saucers are a Derby model from c.1790-95.

Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) designed a number of daring light fittings for his architectural projects – all of them rare and desirable objects.

Drawing of renowned Scottish dealer by the artist reflected strong bond between the two

Although catalogued as 19th century, this 10½in (27cm) maiolica dish is more probably 16th century.

One of the more unusual lots that I have encountered in recent times is a piece of card bearing the only known example of Mahatma Gandhi’s fingerprints.