When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York

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Does a newly found Nicholas Hilliard miniature portray Shakespeare’s patron the Earl of Southampton?

As with any other market, demand for antiques fluctuates. Taste changes over time, and what was once fashionable – and expensive – falls out of popularity. For several years now, I’ve been following t

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A fleet of vintage trams and buses take ...