East of England

Cambridge auction house Cheffins is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year.

In a market that waxes and wanes, recent sales suggest collectors are active and pushing up prices

Organiser says bookings are healthy ahead of debut and feels there is room for more quality fairs in the area

A private collection of clocks provided the core of the auction titled Clocks & Watches Through the Ages at TW Gaze on March 4. Seventeenth century continental European clocks provided two of the day’s top prices.

The second part of the Beedham Collection – an exceptional array of early oak furniture and associated works of art from the Derbyshire dealing family – comes for sale at Bishop & Miller in Glandford, Norfolk, on March 19.

Among the earliest watches in the auction titled Clocks & Watches Through the Ages held at TW Gaze (26.4% buyer’s premium inc VAT) in Diss, Norfolk, on March 4 was a Dutch timekeeper from the first half the 17th century.

Letter sent from Holyrood implores a nobleman to support his course in the middle of the Jacobite Rising

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

An atypical entry to the March 4-9 sale at the Harwich antiquities specialist TimeLine is this gold medal struck in Philadelphia following the sinking of American steamship Casper, on December 23, 1928.

Cellars and attics at famous Norfolk estate are cleared out as part of ‘housework’ to allow guided tours

It might be a bit previous to start thinking about summer events but the Norfolk Churches Trust is encouraging people to apply early for pitches at its Stately Car Boot Sale to be held on Sunday, May 4, in the grounds of the privately owned Sennowe Park, near Fakenham in north Norfolk.

The fashion for eye miniatures – or lover’s eyes – is said to have begun with a politically and socially unacceptable royal affair.