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Our selection of lots from nine upcoming auctions

Tom Ayling is an antiquarian book dealer based in Wallingford, south Oxfordshire, and is also a very successful social media star. Boasting over one million followers across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook, he sat down with ATG to tell us all about his business and online presence.

Prices for Hornby 0 Gauge clockwork railway toys have been rather flat for quite a few years now.

James Bond may well now be a hugely popular multi-billion earning film franchise but a group of rare reports by a film studio evaluating the original books show the raw reaction was one of rejection and even ridicule. ATG interviews the dealer now selling these fascinating snapshots of the 007 world

In ATG No 2738 we featured Wiltshire-based Natalia Rawley who sells online antique and vintage items she finds in her house clearance business.

Judy, Lady McAlpine is looking for more vintage traders for the antiques street market she organises at the annual Thames Traditional Boat Festival.

James Hallgate’s Lucius Books has now relocated and opened its new shop in the centre of York after a three-and-a-half year renovation project.

Fine collection of British modern novels amassed over decades includes earliest editions with dust jackets

Newcastle saleroom says response to single-owner collection shows fresh buyers coming to the market

Two new antiques shops which opened in 2025 within 60 miles of each other are celebrating a successful first year’s collaboration.

Arabel and her anarchic pet raven, Mortimer, were first introduced in 1974 on the children’s television show Jackanory.

The modest reserve of €2500 for the 13in (34cm) Roman marble torso of a seated man from the 1st or 2nd century left the bidders at Dr Eder (25% buyer’s premium) in Cologne with plenty of upward scope.

A selection of upcoming highlights at UK, US and European auctions

One of the wonderful things about the Firsts London fair is the range of material on offer to browse and buy from rooms full of dealers who are happy to chat and impart their knowledge about the items they are offering for sale.

On how many different journeys can an old map take you? We spotted this 1930 novelty map of London which sold for £1250 at Sportingold in Barnsley in February this year and were so intrigued by its content that we could not resist researching it further

London gallery holds its second exhibition since it started to represent the artist’s estate six years ago

From an elephant gun team to a double-decker and general on a hobby horse, good prices are still paid for collectable toys.

It is with great sadness that the many friends and colleagues of Dr Ittai Gradel heard of his death from cancer on April 28 aged just 61.

My first encounter with Ittai was a phone call about an item I had for sale.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales