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Ever since the earliest methods of notating music were devised, composers and scribes have written out music by hand. First on vellum in the medieval period,  and...

Stamp collecting You may have seen the news recently as the worlds most valuable stamp recently sold in auction. Whilst the headlines say it ‘fell...

How to correctly test gold coins. For as long as gold has had any worth, there have been people who tried to make it themselves,...

The South Deep Gold Mine is the largest gold mine in the world, - going by  its gold reserves. Located 45km south-west of Johannesburg in the...

UK’s top three Auction houses - fact file. Sothebys/Bonhams/Christies   Sotheby's was established on 11 March 1744 in London by Sotheby’s founder, Samuel Baker, It is named...

Is there ‘Gold in them there hills’ in the UK? Has there ever been?    If panning for gold makes you think of pioneers in...

You may have noticed on our link to Antiques we use an image of antique books. Rare and limited edition books are incredibly valuable and...

The Royal Art Collection is one of the largest and most important collections in the world. It's also one of the biggest privately owned art...

Luxury lifestyle and luxury items always come with a security risk. Check out our list of some of the most expensive things that have actually been...

You might read about it in a novel or see it in the movies, but does it actually happen - do people stumble across rare...