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Charles Carroll’s printed copy of the Declaration of Independence – discovered earlier this year in a Scottish family home – sold at auction in Philadelphia for $3.7m (£2.85m) plus premium.

Decorative arts specialist Eric Knowles has become a dealer and teamed up with others in the trade to launch a new emporium in Kent.

This week marks a numerical milestone as Antiques Trade Gazette publishes its 2500th edition.

Works by the Zinkeisen sisters continue to bring demand at auctions around the country.

“I’m expecting a 50-50 split from the exhibitors who follow my fairs and dealers local to the area”, said Nick Bayliss, talking about his new annual Festival of Antiques at Cheltenham Racecourse.

Among works by eastern European artists in demand recently, two pictures by modern Polish artists led the sale at a Buckinghamshire auction.

Wide range of material offered in Cambridge generates an array of interesting results.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

Nine works sold by dealers at The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair

Koopman Rare Art has moved to Mayfair after more than 50 years in the London Silver Vaults on Chancery Lane.

Portobello and Golborne Markets are now running on Sundays as well as the Saturdays throughout the summer until August 11.

Despite a last minute move to a new site, the Henley Décor Fair at the end of May was a big success, said organiser Gary Wallis.

The planned 30-stand Designer and Makers’ Fair on July 17-18 at Charleston Manor, near Lewes in East Sussex was cancelled at the beginning of July.

Mallams’ (25% buyer’s premium) Jewellery, Watches and Silver sale included this Commonwealth silver wine goblet.

This Ford Escort once owned by Diana, Princess of Wales, has been bought by a museum in Chile.

The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair returned last month with 60 exhibitors and plenty of sales.

Smaller decorative pieces by Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson (1876-1955) continue to excel in the saleroom.

Works by Grigorescu are seldom seen in British auctions but one emerged in West Sussex

Lewes is well known to antiques and vintage-hunters.