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Inscriptions can add huge value to a first edition

David Gilmour’s Black Strat breaks all the records

In an Australian exclusive, David Roche Gallery presents Bundanon touring exhibition ‘Fantastic Forms’

A rare pair of original peddler dolls in Australia

The Sydney Fair returns to Royal Randwick on May 28

Breadboards used to be given in the same way we give greeting cards

Take a peep inside...

And a love for roundness…

All in a day’s work for Chiswick Auctions

It doesn’t get any more Aussie than this…

Uranium glass is having a ‘moment’

18th century miniatures on high fashion frocks

Allison’s Cherry Tooth Paste goes from Top 5 to Number 1

A rare sign displays Australia’s rural history

Yes, it’s true – you can eat a gold-leaf Tim Tam…

Australia is the source of many of the world’s finest gemstones, including opal, diamonds, sapphire and pearls

Record prices are having a significant effect on the silver trade

And it stayed that way for more than sixty years