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The rediscovered diary of Bloomsbury artist Duncan Grant (1885-1978) drew strong interest this week after emerging at an auction at Gorringe's in Lewes, East Sussex.

A copy of what is regarded as probably the rarest edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack came up for sale at Knights Sporting Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) on March 21-23.

Returning to Regent’s Park for the 21st time, Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2024 saw solid sales and attendance. A new director is hoping to continue that trend

The latest jewellery and watches sale at Wilson55 in Nantwich included a rare pocket watch from the 1580s.

A sketch by George Romney (1734-1802) came to a recent auction in south London with a remarkable backstory.

Among the works on paper attracting interest at the early spring auctions was a 19th century study that emerged at a sale in Dumfries.

The book was consigned by Oxfam in a timed sale at the London auction house

For many fans, the untitled fourth album known simply as 'Led Zeppelin IV' is the band at their very peak. Released in 1971, it includes classic tracks such as 'Stairway to Heaven', 'When the Levee Breaks' and 'Black Dog'.

With estimates from £500, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

Abbott & Holder have just published their second list of available works for March

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a prototype for Leica’s first mass-produced compact camera coming for sale.

Poster collector Dwight Cleveland’s rare collection spans more than 100 years of film – the best of them will be offered at Heritage Auctions

Christie’s latest evening sale of Modern British and Irish Art raised a total of £11.3m including premium with all bar one of the 24 lots selling on the night.

Three E.T. models were used in the 1982 science fiction classic – one of them will appear at Sotheby’s in New York with a $600,000-900,000 estimate

The timed online sale of Books & Manuscripts at Bonhams Knightsbridge that closed on March 20 included a pair of 17th century embroidered gauntlet gloves that reference one of the most famous – and most romanticised – moments of the Civil War.

The two foes met again – this time at an auction at Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s in London

A watercolour by the Expressionist painter Emil Nolde (1867-1956) which underwent a year-long authentication process drew a decent competition at Halls this week.

Tommy Cooper’s (1921-1984) ‘last fez’ appeared at Hansons in Woburn, Bedfordshire, doubling its estimate to fetch £7000 (plus 26.5% buyer’s premium).

From woodcuts to a design for Wedgwood plates, Women at War offers perspectives of war that are slightly less familiar

Welsh auction house Rogers Jones conducted its largest house clearance in over 30 years this month – the principal contents of Plas Teg in Flintshire.