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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

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.

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.

Kosuge (Kosuge Toy Industrial Co Ltd), with the trademark KSG in a diamond, was Matsuzo Kosuge.

It is now 10 years since we started Forum Auctions.

Ahead of a very busy period for the trade, we kick off our guide to the events coming up with a London fair marking the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence.

Gustave Vichy was born in 1839 to a Parisian watch and clock maker Antoine Michel who, along with his wife, set up the Vichy company in 1862 with the aim of building and selling clocks, mechanical objects and toys.

The association of native American and Scottish Highlander advertising figures with tobacconists began in England and Holland in the 17th century and later spread to America.

An early 19th century wooden peg doll featuring the original costume of a straw bonnet and cream silk dress with a mother of pearl belt, and red leather shoes, has sold for £3000 to a UK collector.

Callum White, a young book collector from Birmingham, won last year’s ABA National Book Collecting Prize awarded in December for his collection Splitting the world: The atomic scientists and their second acts. He told ATG about his background, how he started the collection and his plans for it