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Courtesy of Dava Sobel’s 1995 best-seller, the compelling story of a Yorkshire horologist’s struggle to receive a prize for creating a reliable and accurate method for determining longitude at sea is well known.

Only a very few coin dies have survived from antiquity so there was great interest in the Hellenistic examples offered by Apollo Art Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) on June 8.

This terracotta sculpture, 'The Triumph of Silenus', is among the highlights at Willoughby Gerrish’s exhibition 'Alfred Drury and the New Sculpture Movement'.

Christopher Gibbs (1938-2018) was an antiques dealer, collector, tastemaker and socialite, credited with shaping the aesthetic of ‘haute bohemian’ style and whose many friends included Mick Jagger, John Paul Getty, Bruce Chatwin, William Burroughs and Cecil Beaton.

Spotlight on specialist traders, a fresh online offering, the creation of new styles and revitalising antique items

Two ceramics collections are under the spotlight at Albert Amor this summer.

Many works by the great British artist are now owned by institutions but smaller paintings and sketches are common sights at salerooms

Alan Old of So Last Century fairs launched his first vintage and retro fair at Beckenham Place Mansion in south London 10 years ago.

It may be a new name in the summer calendar, but this inaugural initiative is building on a firm foundation of previous ‘collegial’ events encompassing an array of selling exhibitions

Changes are afoot in the art and book dealing hub Cecil Court this summer.

A wide range of dealer exhibitions are on offer to brighten up this summer even further. Here is a selection

London is host to two stand-out antiquities exhibitions.

The third edition of Treasure House Fair carries on the long tradition of summer events in London, with a selection of highlights to savour

Photo albums contain some of the first images of the remote country plus enthronement of the Dalai Lama

The summer exhibition from European porcelain specialist Serhat Ahmet runs at his Cecil Court, London, gallery until June 28.