East of England

A record price will always stand out, but this comprehensive collection also boasted a much wider range of strong prices underlying a buoyant market

First editions of the books that made Nancy Mitford’s name – The Pursuit of Love (1945) and Love in a Cold Climate (1949) – sold for £1600 at Reeman Dansie (25% buyer’s premium) in Colchester.

Indian and Islamic Art specialist Beatrice Campi has joined auction house Sworders of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex.

The latest Special Antiques Sale at TW Gaze (22% buyer’s premium) in Diss included this rare Ralph Gout of London gilt brass horse-rider’s pedometer watch.

Commercial airliner parts once destined for the scrapyard are now being upcycled by a Suffolk firm.

Paintings of youngsters prove popular but provide a looser, less formal and spontaneous appeal

A rare drawing by Matthias Buchinger (1674-1740), the remarkable 18th-century German artist born without hands or feet, is going under the hammer at Cheffins on March 25 estimated at £1000-1500.

The Wurlitzer Company was founded in the US in 1856 and the Centennial 2000 jukebox model was created to commemorate the centenary anniversary.

What is being promoted as “perhaps the most significant private collection of British comics ever assembled” is coming to market with two separate auction houses involved.

Spotlight on awards that brought rewards for vendors in three separate sales

The citation for a Distinguished Flying Medal awarded to Act F/Sgt BG Tucker RAF stated he had “completed many outstanding sorties against such heavily defended localities as Berlin, Essen and Hanover.

Cambridge auction house Cheffins marked its 200-year anniversary by raising £270,596 for charity in the region – exceeding its original bicentenary fundraising pledge by over £70,000.

Norfolk auction house TW Gaze has secured permission to sell an Edo period ivory netsuke in the spring.

Monthly event in Bedfordshire kicks off the year with successful staging in early January

Poignant paintings make highest auction sum for the artist outside London

Focus on businesses based in two towns rated among ‘most desirable’ in the UK by newspaper