We should all be fans of fans in a fabulous summer!

18th-Century-fan

We are in the middle of a fabulous summer and a fan would certainly come in handy, writes Vivienne.

FOR FANS OF FANS, these bygone versions of air conditioning are very collectable in different ways and make surprisingly high prices at auction. The evidence is that there is a general and also a scholastic appeal to fans and prices can range from a few pounds to serious sums for a huge variety of different fans that illustrate various aspects of our social history…