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Dealers and fairgoers are having to come to terms with widespread changes in the ticketing of fairs.

The Battle of Britain or Dambusters are usually involved when it comes to sizeable Royal Air Force medal results.

Alastair Gibson Auctions has secured a remarkable Chinese imperial object with a Second Opium War provenance for a sale in London in the summer.

Spirit of Ecstasy has adorned the bonnet of every Rolls-Royce motor car since February 6, 1911.

The sale of Japanese works of art at Woolley & Wallis on the morning of May 17 is led by this 8in (20cm) high silvered bronze okimono of a cockatoo.

Led by Asian art specialist Lee Young, Dore & Rees will conduct a sale of Fine Asian Art in Frome on May 16.

An Attic black-figure vessel decorated with a striking pair of eyes to the outside is among the highlights at the second physical staging of Eye of the Collector.

When people think of the Newlyn School, most commonly it is pictures of Cornish fishermen, farmers and miners that spring to mind.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

The You Can Be Sure Of Shell adverts are some of the most familiar and renowned examples in British graphic design.

‘Significant damage and rust’ was spot on as a catalogue description when it came to an enamel sign sold at Cotswold Auction Company (22% buyer’s premium) on February 8. It was a mess.

As famous last words go, those of Major General John Sedgwick in the American Civil War take some beating.

This 13in (33cm) ormolu vase candelabrum is a candidate for the earliest English neoclassical metalwork.

This 19th century Tibetan conch shell ritual trumpet, known as a dung-dkar, forms part of the Tony Bingham collection of musical instruments.

The Asian art sale at Duke’s of Dorchester, scheduled for May, has been moved back to June 15 to incorporate a significant late consignment.

Maxine Stonehill of Pop Up Vintage Fairs popped up in March at the Grade II-listed St John’s Church in Hackney, which has had a £6m restoration and is now a busy music and events venue as well as remaining a working church.

Top price among a selection of car mascots offered in Newcastle came for a design in honour of the French aviator George Guynemer.

Street view by British artist offered in Orientalist sale sells at four times estimate

The sale of Important Chinese Art at Sotheby’s on May 11 includes this monumental Kangxi famille noire vase estimated at £220,000-280,000.