South-west England

A rare Easter Island pectoral ornament bought at auction earlier this year for under £100 sold for £60,000 at an online sale held by Salisbury’s Woolley & Wallis on August 20.

Family archive features poem written by Alice author for the well-connected owner of a scrapbook

Enys House and Gardens in Penryn, west Cornwall, is the slightly mysterious backdrop to Nicki and Ralph Retallack’s biannual antiques and decorative fair with the second this year running on Saturday and Sunday, September 26-27.

Joint ABA and PBFA books fair in Bath praised as ideal for meeting customers and fellow traders

Safavid examples from the north London dealer's collection find their latest homes after palace demolition

A Moorcroft Moonlit Blue Landscape vase made for the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley in 1924 led the Design sale at Lay’s (21% buyer’s premium) in Penzance on July 23.

When the ancient Egyptian obelisk known as Cleopatra’s Needle was erected on the Victoria Embankment in 1877, it was set on a massive granite foundation and shortly afterwards flanked by a pair of bronze sphinxes.

Looking after trade buyers can be key to the success of a fair.

Britannic was the third and last of the White Star Line’s Olympic class of ocean liners.

Joseph Sherer entered the Royal Navy in 1811 aboard the Defiance. In 1819 he joined Hecla under Captain George Frederick Lyon taking part in Sir William Parry’s Arctic expeditions.

Dealers say the ‘beauty’ of choosing older dresses for your big day is you can ‘shop across a range of styles’

The small town of Frome in Somerset features regularly in regional lists of the best places to live in the UK.