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An unframed painting offered at a Norfolk auction was bid to 2000 times its high estimate when bidders detected in it the hand of an Italian Old Master.

A two-volume manuscript used to determine swan ownership in East Anglia from the 16th to the 19th century was sold by Sworders for a remarkable £54,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium).

The first Victoria Cross awarded to a civilian is coming up for auction at Noonans on September 14.

The Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair in Battersea is adding a new section dedicated to Contemporary dealers.

A volume containing first editions of two important geological works by Dr Gideon Mantell sold for £2000 in West Sussex.

Tribal Art London returns as an in-person event this year with a roster of more than 20 international exhibitors.

Marks painting was also one of the highlights at auction where La Thangue sold at six figures

Auction house Dreweatts will conduct a sale at Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire – home to dealership Windsor House Antiques – on September 7.

Visitor numbers are likely to be swelled above the usual 1000 a day at the annual 'York National Book Fair' held at the city’s racecourse on Friday and Saturday, September 9-10.

Bellmans is selling the collection of Anthony and Marietta Coleridge on September 7-8.

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

Two sporting ‘firsts’ are being marked by lots coming up in separate auctions this month.

Among the lots catching bidders’ eyes in the last few months were a number of intriguing portraits that came up at sales in south-west England.

Copy of his first book was a later gift from Sir John Heygate to Tarka the Otter author

Collecting 18th century English porcelain is still a popular pursuit – but there’s no doubt that the core collecting audience is smaller than it once was.

The most desirable pieces of Lowestoft porcelain are typically the documentary pieces decorated with East Anglian scenes.

This Worcester teapot, offered for sale at Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) in Crewkerne, dates from the first decade of factory production: c.1755-57.