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The ball used in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final game between Argentina and England is up for sale on a timed auction at Heritage Auctions.

The founders of a successful toy fair have stepped down after 46 years.

Large views of the British countryside, garden paintings and botanical studies are the most popular works when it comes to Somerset-born Alfred Parsons (1847-1920).

A cigarette card depicting US prize-fighter Tommy Warren sold for £5200 at Loddon Auctions on August 5, smashing its estimate of £100-150.

Raced through your summer book list? Here is a selection of recently and soon-to-be published art and antiques books

A 22ct gold Cadbury’s Conundrum egg made a huge return for the vendor when it reappeared on the auction block this summer.

Due to the nature of dealing in multiples, where direct price precedents are available, prints are sometimes regarded as the most predictable area of the art market.

With estimates from £90, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of a portrait of the artist Laura Knight (1874-1970) by her husband Harold Knight (1874-1961) selling for over 30 times estimate

A group of Sikh arms and battle standards once owned by Lord Dalhousie (1812-60) have been sold to a private collector for a six-figure sum via London dealers Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch.

ATG's Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of auction prices, keeping you on top of the latest market values

Around 500 original artworks by the late Peter Firmin (1928-2018) – co-creator of Bagpuss, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, The Clangers and Basil Brush – were sold in a remarkable sale at Canterbury Auction Galleries.

Antique silver items have been stolen from a stately home in Warwickshire and police and the National Trust are calling for help to recover them.

A magic lantern slide showing one of Britain’s earliest X-ray images is among the more unusual items heading to this summer’s Cotswolds Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair.

A new code of conduct launched by UNESCO has been met with concern from the art market.

Propstore’s four-day auction of 1700 lots of entertainment memorabilia comes to the rostrum in Los Angeles this month.

The exceptional provenance of a trademark Alfred Wallis (1855-1942) painting gave it a commercial boost when it appeared at Lay’s (21% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Cornish Art in Penzance.

With estimates from £400, here are eight previews of items coming up at auction this week

If close personal connections between artist and sitter can raise the value of a portrait, then you might expect a picture by a celebrated artist of his mother to do rather well when offered on the market.

A fascinating archive of diaries and photographs shedding light on the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition has sold for almost £35,000 in total at auction.