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Will the year ahead turn out to be less turbulent than last year? The art and antiques trade – buffeted by economic uncertainty, US tariffs and EU regulations – will certainly hope so

Did you know that Great Britain are still the Olympic tug of war champions? The City of London Police Team competed for GB in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, winning gold – and the category has not appeared since at a Games.

This imposing pair of 3ft 8in (1.09m) high hexagonal form vases combine both early 19th century Chinese and later 19th century French craftsmanship.

It is rare to find a well-preserved example of a 19th century 'palepai'.

A feast of exhibitions awaits art and antiques lovers when they venture out to the country’s museums both big and small this year

Auctioneer finds out there are two variations of the 1875 guide, but a record is achieved nevertheless

Prompted by the uniform penny post and the new printing process of chromolithography, the Victorian era was the heyday of the Christmas card.

On Thursday, January 8, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $4418.03 / €3802.15 / £3297.04

The long-running BRAFA Art Fair in Brussels is traditionally one of the earliest events in the international art fair calendar.

Lurking among the equestrian portraits in a sale held by The Sporting Art Auction (17.5% buyer’s premium) was an atypical work by Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959).

The opening date for Bonhams’ new US headquarters at 111 West 57th Street, New York, is February 9.

A recent sale marked the first time that the Geneseo, New York, house Cottone Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) has handled a piece of René Lalique (1860-1945) jewellery.

A group of works by George Richmond (1809-96) offered at auction at the end of last year showed plenty of life remains in the market for the London-born painter.

Exhibitor at Welsh fair turned her passion for tokens into a sales success as part of her antiques business

A Japonisme foo dog vase by Émile Gallé (1846-1904) hammered for $35,000 (£26,440) against a guide of $3000-5000 at Rago (27% buyer’s premium) in Lambertville, New Jersey.

Doulton figures and jugs depicting the famous and not-so-familiar include sought-after rarities

For more than 40 years I have owned a bundle of 18th and 19th century Scottish family letters.

Little is known about Soiree Cigarettes or the firm behind them and it is only thanks to the collectable cards it issued in Mauritius that its name appears in web search results today.

This is a list of major art, antiques and antiquarian book fairs, the majority of them vetted, coming up in 2026.

“Very few things make me that excited. But this was a really exciting thing.” Tom Sage Jr’s faith was rewarded in September.