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Portraits of the third and fourth prime ministers of Great Britain are among the highlights of a fine collection of British portraiture that comes for sale at Sworders on May 19.

With the demise of Alexandra Palace Antiques & Collectors Fair and Hampstead Antique & Craft Emporium*, a TV casting director has turned her 20 years of experience organising actors and directors to try to fill the north London art and antiques gap.

Cotswolds fair is "unlike any other fair – there’s a different type of person that comes to this one,” says dealer Ian Slade

Ahead of a new exhibition at a London gallery, Alex Capon takes a closer look at the renowned Romantic artist’s later work and the market that now exists via auction houses and dealerships

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

Tom Ayling is an antiquarian book dealer based in Wallingford, south Oxfordshire, and is also a very successful social media star. Boasting over one million followers across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook, he sat down with ATG to tell us all about his business and online presence.

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

Judy, Lady McAlpine is looking for more vintage traders for the antiques street market she organises at the annual Thames Traditional Boat Festival.

James Bond may well now be a hugely popular multi-billion earning film franchise but a group of rare reports by a film studio evaluating the original books show the raw reaction was one of rejection and even ridicule. ATG interviews the dealer now selling these fascinating snapshots of the 007 world

Fine collection of British modern novels amassed over decades includes earliest editions with dust jackets

James Hallgate’s Lucius Books has now relocated and opened its new shop in the centre of York after a three-and-a-half year renovation project.

Two new antiques shops which opened in 2025 within 60 miles of each other are celebrating a successful first year’s collaboration.

Arabel and her anarchic pet raven, Mortimer, were first introduced in 1974 on the children’s television show Jackanory.

A selection of upcoming highlights at UK, US and European auctions

London gallery holds its second exhibition since it started to represent the artist’s estate six years ago

On how many different journeys can an old map take you? We spotted this 1930 novelty map of London which sold for £1250 at Sportingold in Barnsley in February this year and were so intrigued by its content that we could not resist researching it further

One of the wonderful things about the Firsts London fair is the range of material on offer to browse and buy from rooms full of dealers who are happy to chat and impart their knowledge about the items they are offering for sale.

Kosuge (Kosuge Toy Industrial Co Ltd), with the trademark KSG in a diamond, was Matsuzo Kosuge.

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