Kent

Founded in Spain in 1875 by brothers Fernand, Jules, Léopold and Jacques, Lacloche Frères became one of the great French jewellers of the Art Deco period.

Prices for Hornby 0 Gauge clockwork railway toys have been rather flat for quite a few years now.

In ATG No 2738 we featured Wiltshire-based Natalia Rawley who sells online antique and vintage items she finds in her house clearance business.

From an elephant gun team to a double-decker and general on a hobby horse, good prices are still paid for collectable toys.

Robert Tucker lives in the Grade I-listed Restoration House in Rochester with his partner Jonathan Wilmot.

You could say that Emma and David Mann are flushed with the success of their small antiques business, a former public toilet, in Hastings Old Town in East Sussex which celebrates its 11th year in business.

What’s not to love at a couple of Love Fairs’ events which are held at two racecourses in southern England?

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

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

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

Demand for Japanese works was first hit by the so-called ‘Lost Decade’ that followed the collapse of the Japanese economy in 1991. However, changes in fashion, taste and legislation have also impacted prices.

An original Andy Pandy string puppet from the BBC children’s TV show of the same name first aired in 1950 caught the attention at a Kent auction 75 years later.

Extensive collection also came with impressive records of purchase such as original dealer invoices

The latest sale at Alastair Gibson Auctions in Kent was led by a stellar example of Meiji or Taisho era cloisonné: a pair of imperial presentation vases by Nagoya master Hattori Tadasaburo.

Probably given to Private William George Loveland by his wife, this ‘Soldier Bear’ was taken to France and back during the First World War.