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This pair of Aesthetic Movement ebonised and gilt salon chairs designed by Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) sold for £56,000 at Gildings in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, on February 17.

Of all the many subjects painted by Harry Davis (1885-1970) during his long and celebrated tenure at the Royal Worcester factory, among the rarest and most desirable are polar bears in an Arctic landscape.

In the last ATG (No 2731) we featured an Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football sold on January 22 at Truro Auction Centre for £4200 and mentioned others sold at Hansons in 2022.

Crewkerne centre closes down amid tributes paid to a ‘professional, friendly bunch of traders’

Stuart Lochhead, the London specialist in European sculpture, sells big and fast at TEFAF Maastricht.

From the 1770s Portobello was one of the main centres of industrial ceramic production in Scotland.

A handful of Continental pictures representing different strands of 19th century art, including Romantic, Realist, academic and Grand Tour traditions, were among the highlights at Chiswick Auctions’ (26% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Old Masters and 19th century art.

So much silver has sold based solely on melt value of late. One wonders exactly how many decent antiques and collectables will have been lost once the bubble has deflated.

Spotlight on awards that brought rewards for vendors in three separate sales

Vintage clothes, accessories, furniture and more sell well at specialist fair in Saltaire

Judging by recent auctions, once live acts in the circus are now thrilling eager collectors via memorabilia.

Dealer from a Cotswolds family business acquired English tin glazed earthenware as a personal interest

Book dealers and auction houses are all saying the same thing about fantasy and sci-fi novels: once derided as not serious objects of desire, they are now eagerly sought after by collectors and achieving really big prices.

John Short, a well-known collector in the Bristol area, amassed over 50,000 autographs in his lifetime. He began obtaining signatures at stage doors in the 1960s right up until his death in 2022.

This Easter Clare Smith will be relaunching her shop Vintage by the Sea in Saltburn, her home town on the north-east coast of Yorkshire.

A look at recent book releases, including a work bringing to life Pilkington’s company driving force William Burton