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A new auction record for netsuke – over three times the previous high – has been set in France.

The flagship London summer sales were the first to take place since the major auction houses all raised their buyer’s premiums in the first half of 2023.

The Harrison semi-automatic pedestal knitting machine was designed c.1900 for producing rib socks.

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.

Family group at auction offered works by several generations including the renowned John Sell Cotman

The HMV 900 was one of first television receivers designed by the Marconi-EMI Television Company, the firm that also provided the technology for Britain’s first television service.

Furniture attributable to Gillows demonstrates demand for desirable pieces

Tintin creator Hergé (1907-33) must have taken a shine to a Mr TL Ward, judging by a lot sold at an East Yorkshire auction.

New summer art fair to fill the void left by Masterpiece gains promising feedback from exhibitors.

Classic examples of distinctive porcelain take four-figure sums in Gloucestershire

Our selection of 13 lots from upcoming UK auctions

Tanya Baxter specialises in Modern British, Post-Modern and Contemporary art and is among those exhibiting at this year’s LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair (September 27-October 1).

I wonder if any readers can help identify the purpose of a most unusual silver spoon in my possession.

On Friday, July 7, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1924.35 €1758.98 £1503.40

Induction coils used to produce high-voltage pulses from a low-voltage direct current, are often called Ruhmkorff coils although studied by Michael Faraday in the 1830s

The best-known type of Maori jewellery is the pounamu (greenstone) hei tiki pendants, the figural carvings representing ‘the first man’ that were typically worn by women.

Perth auctioneer Nick Burns of Lindsay Burns & Company was the winner of this year’s Scottish Auctioneers & Art Dealers golf tournament.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Moretti Fine Art opening a Paris gallery tis autumn.

A telephone exchange removed from Buckingham Palace during refurbishment 25 years ago sold in west London for £3000.

Book specialist Simon Vickers is retiring from his full-time role at Lyon & Turnbull to become a consultant.