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Concerns of not enough fresh faces coming into the trade seem misplaced

Arts & Crafts design for Liberty is highly prized at German auction

A c.1891 cabinet card that captures a significant episode of both Native American and US history realised six times its low estimate at Grant Zahajko Auctions (27% buyer’s premium).

Brenda Nassarian recounts her career in the antiques trade.

How do you end up selling antique weapons and can you do it full-time to make a living? From swords and sabres to pistols and machine guns, we spoke to six arms dealers who attended the International Birmingham Antique Arms & Militaria Fair in September to find out how they got into the trade and how their business is faring

Asian Art in London (AAL), the umbrella event that brings together dealers and auction houses in the common aim of promoting the UK’s capital as a market centre for Asian works of art, returns for its 28th edition.

By the 15th century the mechanical clock age had dawned but time had not entirely been called yet on the sundial.

It’s no exaggeration to describe James as a legend of the antiques trade.

Harry Clarke was also a books illustrator and works on paper specialist, as a recent Dublin sale underlines

A selection of upcoming auction highlights

The opportunity to obtain a ‘Kew A Certificate’ did not just attract local British makers but drew in Rolex as well.

The oeuvre of the Alsatian painter Sebastian Stoskopff (1597-1657) is far from extensive. Only some 60 of his works are thought to exist, of which 26 are signed and 10 dated.

Falling-ball or falling-globe clocks are great horological rarities; only about 30 examples are thought to have survived since their construction in the second half of the 17th century.

Dealers in precious metals temporarily suspended trade last week as global gold and silver prices rose higher.

A group of benches consigned by The National Gallery took more than seven times their top estimate at auction in Billingshurst.