East of England

Since the owners of Aspal Antiques launched an antiques centre at Stonham Barns Park three years ago and added a second centre on site to include a reclamation yard, a steady stream of antiques-related businesses have opened up.

A recent sale at Key’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Aylsham included a Second World War prisoner of war Rolex 3525 Oyster chronograph offered together with the original owner’s medals, dog tags and personal wartime diaries.

More than a dozen letters and cards from Diana, Princess of Wales, to her family’s former housekeeper were sold at a recent auction at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium).

Examples of this three-dimensional technique stand out as part of a dealer’s collection

Behind the traditional frontage of Smithers of Stamford in the Cambridgeshire town of Etton lies a retro collector’s dream.

Agnete Hoy (1914-2000) brought her own distinctive style to the ailing Doulton Lambeth factory, reviving the traditional decorative methods of earlier artists to make contemporary stonewares from 1952 until the studio closed in 1957.

Highlights from the estate of Max Clendinning and Ralph Adron sold at Sworders

Born in Constantinople, the daughter of a French nobleman of Hungarian descent, painter Sophie-Ernestine de Tott (1758-1848) spent more than two decades in London as an amateur painter and musician.

It’s not often that you hear the phrase “grandmother of the vendor, by repute the first woman in the world to jump through a flaming hoop on the back of a horse”.

The much-anticipated auction of the personal collection of Tobias Jellinek (1934-2023) was held on the afternoon of June 19 at Bishop & Miller (25% buyer’s premium) in East Anglia.

Steve Cooper of Haddon Events is launching another antiques/vintage fair in the south of England which will run on Sunday, September 29, at the Hertfordshire Sports Village in Hatfield.

The survival rate for 16th century and earlier furniture is much lower than that of 17th century examples.

Roger Vadim’s cult classic film 'Barbarella' starring Jane Fonda was released in 1968.

Election fever in the UK is behind us but collectors of political memorabilia might vote for a 19th century Spode electioneering jug for sale at the Long Melford Antiques Fair in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday, August 7.

This William III bronze wool weight cast with the royal arms is more than twice the size of most, weighing in at 14lb.

A 1659 original silver chalice worth around £15,000 has been stolen from a church in Sutton, Bedfordshire.

Furniture and objects associated with a rustic or farmhouse aesthetic have gained popularity in recent decades.

Carved wooden sculptural fragments are a market strength.