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Prior to the 16th century, tempera, a mix of egg and pigment, was the method of choice for most artists.

A collection of miner’s lamps at Bamfords (24.75% buyer’s premium) in Derby included a pair of patent lamps by William Purdy.

The Autumn Auction at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (26/25% buyer’s premium) in Exeter included an array of unusual objects from the collection of the late Christopher Hawkings.

The hubbub that is the Giant Shepton Flea has been run by veteran fair organiser Sue Ede and her family for nearly 25 years.

Artists who had been achieving modest levels of success are catching up with the help of young collectors

In his magnus opus Memorials of the Jeypore Exhibition, 1883, Thomas Holbein Hendley (1847-1917) documents what he called “a new and most interesting style of engraved silver plate developed in Alwar”.

Dressing table sets are among the most frequently surviving elements of late 17th century hollowware.

Highlights from the The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper offered at Forum

A bronze by the French artist and sculptor Henri Gaudier- Brzeska (1891-1915), who died in the trenches aged just 23, was among the lots bringing demand at Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Modern & Contemporary art.

Review of an event praised as being casual and inexpensive to stand at but also well organised

In storage for a century, a remarkable group of Chinese works of art has sold for £870,000 at a south London auction.

Wind in the Willows illustration leads varied selection of lots offered by west London saleroom

Enormous slice of Soho culture and history features in gallery’s 25th anniversary show

Alan Old of So Last Century fair is going all festive with a two-day seasonal market set to run in Dulwich, south London, at the end of this month.

With the scrap price of silver at such a high level the sad truth is that many items will end up in the melting pot.

An antiques fair which launched in May at Cheltenham Racecourse got off to such a good start that it is being repeated on Sunday, November 24.

The antiques, collectables and decorative arts fairs run by Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events in the centre of the Hampshire town of Romsey involve just one location but five, inside and outside.