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A first edition of Agatha Christie’s Five Little Pigs published by The Crime Club (Collins), London 1942, was consigned to Wessex Auction Rooms (24% buyer’s premium) by the family of Phyllis Rice, housekeeper to the author at Greenway House.

Grays Antiques in Mayfair, close to Bond Street tube station on Davies Street, is one of London’s largest indoor art and antiques markets.

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

The value of exports of antiques from Britain to the US may have fallen by as much as 49% since US President Donald Trump began his tariff announcements in April 2025.

An extremely rare survival from the nine-day reign of Lady Jane Grey, one of the more dramatic episodes in English history, came to market on February 25.

French inventor Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844-1918) was responsible for the first projected animated films.

Geoffrey Bond, who runs The Geoffrey Bond Consultancy, has had an extensive career spanning law, business, heritage, TV, radio and latterly publishing.

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.

The 1690 Utrecht edition of Suetonius Caius Tranquillus’ Opera, “with Samuel Pitiscus’s seminal commentary, was a landmark in classical scholarship and perfectly reflects Sir William Hamilton’s deep antiquarian interests, particularly in Roman history”.

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.

What is being promoted as “perhaps the most significant private collection of British comics ever assembled” is coming to market with two separate auction houses involved.

A new design and antiques venture will debut at the Bath Decorative Antiques Fair with a Grand Tour– inspired selection that includes a pair of hand-carved marble obelisks with striking malachite detailing.