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The opening day of the spring edition of the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair was a success for many, with well-heeled buyers snapping up furniture, art and more on Tuesday, May 6.

Standing 3ft (91cm) high, this miniature rosewood and ivory bureau cabinet illustrates the successful fusion of Indian decoration to English form achieved by artisans working in the port of Vizagapatam in the 18th century.

It took 16 years to compile the first great German florilegium, an edition of which can be seen – and purchased – at the Firsts London book fair running from May 15-18 at the Saatchi Gallery.

An artist in high demand in his day, Dürer prints still fascinate collectors. ATG surveys the market for works by great Old Master draughtsman

Helen Day is a language teacher, collector of Ladybird books and expert on the history of the books and the company behind them.

Greek philosopher Epictetus (c.50-c.135AD) is best-known for his contribution to Stoicism.

It’s not just the Firsts book fair this year that has a focus on a plants theme

If you are green fingered but also like getting your hands on antiques, then Louise Allen and Piers Newth’s stall at the 'RHS Chelsea Flower Show' in London from May 20-24 will be of great appeal.

As Forum Auctions enters its 10th year of trading, Rupert Powell reflects on a busy year

Julian Wilson has set up his own independent antiquarian book-selling business in south London.

Who can fail to love a country house car boot?

We take a closer look at the ‘idiosyncratic mixture of independent businesses’ established in this charming book and map-selling hub in central London

Graham Slater’s collection that packed a Cambridge house provided 670 lots over two auctions

“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about,” Oscar Wilde wrote in The Picture of Dorian Gray - a prescient observation that has proven remarkably true.

The public may have been surprised to discover that Barry Humphries (1934-2023), the creator of Dame Edna Everage, was a great bibliophile with a passion for rare books by the ‘decadent’ writers of the fin de siècle.

Our look ahead at fairs coming up in the capital, including the Firsts and PBFA events held a short hop apart on the same weekend

Stand-out lots from Shakespeare to Sendak, Marie-Antoinette to Mary Queen of Scots, Gill to Waugh and Turing to Buffalo Bill

Inscriptions and annotations can make a massive difference to value