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Under the banner of Phoenix VAM Fairs, Sara Hughes’ vintage, antique and militaria fairs in Petersfield, Hampshire, are going from strength to strength, she says.

London event organiser says many visitors post-pandemic restrictions are new to antiques

Expecting to collect a bureau advertised on marketplace Gumtree, a dealer spotted two 18th century Venetian scenes leaning against a wall in the home he visited.

A dealer who launched an antiques centre in 2007 in a Suffolk town has made some alterations including changing it to a shop.

Modern and Contemporary art collectors are increasingly willing to consider sculpture, creating a strong and dynamic market

A roundup of news and events from around the fairs world

In the last decade sculptures, as well as paintings, by Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu (1917-94) have become a valuable proposition.

First part of a collection which covered the walls and cellar of two whole flats is offered at auction

A roundup of news and events from around the trade

The Glaisdale Library was the collection of Martin Henry Burtt, a well-known figure in the Yorkshire and indeed national agricultural worlds.

Sixteenth century single folio manuscript displays orgiastic spree in graphic detail

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

A British subject born in Rio de Janeiro, Reginald Fairfax Wells (1877-1951) studied sculpture at the South Kensington School of Art in the 1890s and then studio pottery at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts.

Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) was another of the London salerooms that held a designated sale in Islamic week.

Two sculptures of well-known 20th century British cultural figures drew attention at different regional sales recently.

A rediscovered album of 19 cartes de visite portrait photographs documenting Charles Darwin’s changing visage over three decades sold for £126,000.