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Business is best if you are at the top of the tree, according to the latest survey published by the British Antique Dealers’ Association.

Auctioneers Frank Marshall of Knutsford and Wright Manley of Beeston, both in Cheshire, have announced that they are to merge.

This remarkable 1773 longcase clock by Hugh Lough of Penrith proved the top-selling lot at Mitchells of Cockermouth when it sold at £19,000.

Woburn Antiques Centre, at the heart of the Woburn Abbey Estate in Bedfordshire, is to close on September 1.

A new decree under French law has banned the mailing of banknotes, coins, jewellery and precious metals using the standard French postal system.

This c.1614 polychrome alabaster sculpture lost from a London church during the Blitz has been returned to its original location.

The price of gold has continued to drop, falling to its lowest level in almost three years, after the US Federal Reserve said it will be winding down its quantitative easing programme.