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As with any market, the Matchbox collecting scene has ups and downs but recent results suggest significant market strength right now.

An autobiographical manuscript by a Georgian pharmacist in Dorset will return to the county after the local museum purchased it at auction.

A small drawing by Hans Baldung (c.1484-1545) which has been in the same family for over 500 years will be offered at a Paris auction with an estimate of €1.5m-3m.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the UK government blocking the export of a painting by Claude Lorrain (1600-82).

Simple view of a cemetery stands in contrast to larger paintings of soldiers, guns and shattered landscapes

Judy Berger founded Judy’s Vintage Fairs in Leeds in 2005, after she described a vintage event back then as “less Velvet Underground, more Vera Lynn”.

Last August, Caitlin Riley, rare book specialist at Bristol and Bath-based Auctioneum, was making headlines around the world.

In 1782, the 20-year-old William Jones published a booklet of which he was the sole author, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery.

A selection of whimsical and distinctive Doulton Lambeth stonewares sold across three auctions in December and January

At the time of his death polar explorer and carpenter Jorgen Stubberud (1883-1980) was the last surviving member of Roald Amundsen’s successful 1910-12 expedition to the South Pole.

Our selection of lots from 12 upcoming auctions

Geoffrey ‘Geoff’ Whitaker, entrepreneur, antiques dealer and founder of the International Antiques & Collectors Fairs (IACF), died over Christmas aged 82, after a period of illness.

Indoor event at hall in Cheshire town could expand to outdoors as well as the weather improves

Pier Giorgio Gracis 1931-2025, affectionately known simply as Giorgio, was among the very last of a generation of antique dealers that frequented the London auction houses and dealers’ shops during the latter half of the 20th century.

This marble sculpture of Napoleon as Caesar is based on a model created by the French neoclassicist Antoine-Denis Chaudet for the Sèvres porcelain manufactory in 1810.

Swedish artists are especially prominent in show staged by first-time exhibitor at Master Drawings

The art world descends on New York in the closing days of January. The Winter Show, Master Drawings New York, and a number of sales at the major auction houses make the season de rigeur for major collectors.

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online

This year marks both the 50th anniversary of the opening of Galerie G Sarti and only a few months since the death of its founder.

The records for JK Rowling’s early work sold at auction keep tumbling, both hardback and paperback