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News
- Traveller token and coin collection sets the platinum standard
- Ongpin to offer works on paper at Christie’s in anniversary sale
- Silver lining as Shrubsole acquires N&I Franklin
- BADA makes Rutland debut with its first ever fair outside of London
- Dealer Charles Ede sells portrait of black sitter by woman artist to Canadian museum
News Digest
- Pick of the week: Restituted Kolbe fountain quadruples estimate and sells to US collection
- Early Gainsborough drawing emerges drawing in Cambridge
- News in brief including expansion at a Suffolk auction house
- Bid Barometer: issue 2748
- Precious metals prices: issue 2748
Auction Reports – Hammer Highlights
- Reflections on a hop market: new record for British pub mirror
- Bidders of White Star Line collectables prepared to pay for First Class service
Art Market
- Dutch buyer banks on the Moreelse link
- Flemish artist’s portrait of a gentleman outperforms expectations
Books & Works On Paper
- Commanded to commit adultery
- ‘Off we go for the pole’ wrote doomed Antarctic explorer
- Middle ages pages finder: very early bookmark sells at £7000
- Books, maps and works on paper sales, June 17-July 5, 2026
Feature – Militaria & Medals
- Wave of interest as RAF Museum sells off items
- The Fug of war
- Helmet, goggles and gas mask soar way above estimate
- Hardened warrior was fascinated by folk stories
- First World War naval flags reflect fierce engagements
- Medal of a 17-year-old who served on Victory at Trafalgar
- Great War diary and uniforms help to bring past to life
- Forget Tennyson, try real-life charge tales
- Maltese connection makes the difference in militaria
Previews
Dealers’ Diary
- How Battersea's The Decorative Fair remains a big deal for dealers and buyers
- All four one as leading specialist ceramics dealers unite in Belgravia for a single celebration show
International
- KPM porcelain vase bought at auction by the saviour of the Berlin manufacturer
- Autumn falls from one Swiss collector to another
- Lemonnier historical work full of personality takes six-figure sum at German auction
- Escher sends birds and bidders into a flap at Hamburg auction
- Blaeu finishes journey in America: atlas snapped up at German sale
Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres
- From castle lawns to market squares
- Down the straight and into summer
- Barn-storming brocante in Kent
- The fair that runs for almost a week
Backpage
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