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From topless staddle stones outperforming complete ones to two versions of the same desk selling on the same day 212 miles apart, bizarre occurrences are par for the course at contents sales

Kathryn Ferry delves into 20th-century holiday habits with the help of her postcard collection

The dandy’s role as icon and irritant

The story of hat pins is not just the story of hats, explains Sarah White, the Fashion, Costume and Textiles expert at Tennants Auctioneers, ‘It’s also the story of women.’ By the early years of the 2

We love moaning. The raw file won’t open, the firmware update wiped your settings. But spare a thought for the early adopters – when digital photography meant ghostly battery life, media cards that could barely hold a lunch break, colours that made everything look a bit ill. Peter Dench hears from top shooters about those early frustrations and breakthroughs, and adds his own…

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