South-east England

A Mouseman single wardrobe with panelled adzed decoration sold for £7400 against a guide of £4000-6000 at Summersgills (18% buyer’s premium) in Easingwold, North Yorkshire.

The golden age of topaz was the 18th and early 19th century.

A group of three works by LS Lowry (1887-1976) consigned from two separate sources appeared in a recent sale at Dawsons (27.5% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Romanian artist Nafir Boaba (1929-2006) is represented in several works at the exhibition European Visions.

An original cold-painted bronze figure by Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947), renowned for his theatrical Art Deco dancer sculptures of 1920s Paris, is among the standout pieces at the upcoming Petersfield Antiques Fair.

All of the first half-a-dozen issues of Viz comic are rarities – each penned by teenager Chris Donald from his bedroom in his parents’ Jesmond, Newcastle, home with help from his brother Simon and friend Jim Brownlow.

I was interested to read the article by Joan Porter on Madonna’s visit to Margate – at the invite of Tracey Emin who does so much for the town (Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres, ATG No 2731).

Newcomer event has rapidly established itself as a regular fixture in the calendar

When it comes to Terence Cuneo (1907-96), it’s all about the trains right? Well… not quite.

Organiser of Kent event makes plea for larger space as dealers struggle to fit into Victorian village hall

From the 1770s Portobello was one of the main centres of industrial ceramic production in Scotland.

Several lots linked to a George Henry Robertson who served in Victorian campaigns in India impressed at Toovey’s (25% buyer’s premium) of West Sussex .

The Order of the Durrani Empire (Nishan-i-Daulat-i-Durrani) was established in 1839 and awarded to British field officers and above during the First Afghan War by Shah Durrani of Afghanistan (1785-1842) in gratitude for his restoration to the throne as Shah Shuja-ool-Moqlk, King of Afghanistan.

Visit from ‘Queen of Pop’ underlines just how much there is to see in Kent town including art and antiques

Group lot shows how a shared interest in communication linked Louis Mountbatten and a telegraphist