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A roundup of news and events from around the trade

The art and antiques sector is already regarded as ‘green’ due to the items in question having been ‘reused’ and ‘recycled’ rather than created new each time.

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

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

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

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

Ahead of home front exhibition dealer says the war transformed often mundane art styles

Estimated at £800-1200, this Regency giltwood and ebonised convex wall mirror sold at £12,500 at Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium) on November 3.

This German brown leather and plated metal hip flask has the inscription 'Fur Kaiser John Zu Seinem Geburtstag 9. Okt 1960 Von Stu'.

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

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.

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

Shipping is one of the largest annual costs for art and antique dealers so it’s no surprise that many look for the most cost-effective method of shipping to get orders to excited clients.

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

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

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.

Oxfordshire dealership Witney Antiques’ latest exhibition features early example of band samplers.

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

How is the art and antiques trade to respond to the gloomy predictions discussed at the recent Cop27 in Egypt November 6-18)?