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The Art & Design post 1880 sale at Duke’s in Dorchester on April 25 included 44 lots of William De Morgan tiles consigned by descendants of Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), Earl of Balfour and prime minister from 1902-05. He is understood to have bought them directly from De Morgan in Fulham.

An antique arms and armour dealer is leading a campaign to stop couriers from restricting the delivery of antique examples.

Roseberys’ managing director Vicki Wonfor has left the south London auction house after 15 years at the firm.

The latest 'Miller’s Antiques Handbook & Price Guide' has been published, the last to have been written by the late Judith Miller.

A 78-page manuscript bought at a Bonhams auction could help to shed light on author Jane Austen.

Hansons’ saleroom in Derbyshire has been the victim of a ram-raid break-in.

The Treasure House Fair hopes to tempt more overseas exhibitors to future fairs with a new deal designed to make importing and exporting simpler and cheaper.

The industry-standard reference book for British coins has been sold by Spink to fellow London numismatic dealership and auction house Sovereign Rarities.

Relics from the dawn of the electro-magnetic telephone created a sensation when they appeared for sale in Massachusetts.

The Fifty Fathoms diving watch was born in the 1950s from the encounter between the Swiss firm Blancpain and the French Ministry of Defence.

Messums, the modern and contemporary art dealership in London and Wiltshire, plans to open a new premises in the east of England next spring.

A ‘lost’ late 16th century portrait miniature by Italian painter Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) has been rediscovered by an art dealer.

The antique jewellery and precious metals trade has been warned to stay vigilant in the face of a rise in attacks and thefts.

Dating from March 1-October 13, 1748, a journal for sale at London maritime specialist Charles Miller’s auction on April 23 was written by Admiral John Byng (1704-57) during the final negotiations of the failed Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and some eight years before his infamous actions off the coast of Minorca.