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A near high for gold prices in the UK, the PM’s cabinet reshuffle and a rediscovered Thomas Lawrence painting all sparked comment this week. Read more quotes from the art and antiques trade here.

It has built-in machine guns, grenade storage, an ejector seat and it’s up for grabs. James Bond’s 1965 Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger and Thunderball is going under the hammer at RM Sotheby’s this month.

A JMW Turner landscape valued at £10m will be exported overseas unless funding can be raised to keep it in the UK.

A glove signed by boxer Muhammad Ali, a 2ft bronze Buddha, a 19th century silk Persian rug and a Persian limestone relief panel were among the items reported stolen in a burglary of a garage in Maida Vale, north London.

ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week includes a second edition of the King James Bible from c.1613 and a mid-19th century Chinese gilt and black lacquer workbox.

Women get behind and in front of the lens (and sometimes both at once) at three exhibitions on show in London this weekend.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a Leica ‘photo gun’ being snapped up for £138,000 at Special Auction Services, setting a house record for the Newbury saleroom.