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Provenance is all important when it comes to the works of Alfred Wallis (1855-1942).

An early 17th-century shaped linen ruffler, believed to be the only known example to ever appear at auction, was hammered down at £230,000 – 30-times its estimate – in south London.

The new president of CINOA has issued a call for unity across the cultural sector in response to “increasingly restrictive legislation affecting the global art and antiques trade”.

An 18th century carved oak chair has been stolen from a Buckinghamshire church.

A new auction high for a Moorcroft vase was set as the previous record holder returned to the rostrum.

The artist Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938) was something of a jack of all trades. But contrary to the old adage he was a master of many.

A group of rare coins discovered hidden in a wall in a house in France sold at auction for €3m (£2.5m).

A group of Alan Turing papers smashed estimates at auction in Lichfield.

A piece that holds the record for a Moorcroft vase at auction returns to the rostrum this week.

The stricken Moorcroft pottery business will have a member of the founder's family involved with the firm for the first time in nearly 20 years.

With estimates from £800, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

Over recent years, works painted in India by Arthur William Devis (1762-1822) have become a valuable proposition.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of Woolley & Wallis offering the silver collection of the late dealer Michael Baggott this summer.

Jewellery specialist Geoffrey Munn has placed his personal collection of historical jewels on permanent loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum.

A rare self-portrait by William Dobson (1611-46) has been jointly acquired by Tate Britain and the National Portrait Gallery in a £2.37m private treaty sale brokered by dealer Hazlitt.

A scarce Louis Vuitton wardrobe steamer trunk dating from the 1920s or earlier sold for £130,000 hammer (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at John Nicholson’s on June 11.

A rediscovered portrait of author George Eliot will go on display at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery.

From dealers and auction houses, here is the latest round up of people moves.

Two furniture experts have been fined and sentenced following a long-running French fake furniture scandal.

Serendipity has it that two Regency pollard oak and ebony inlaid desks attributed to George Bullock (c.1762-1818) come for sale on the same day this week.