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ATG’s selection of hammer highlights that sold at auction in the last week, including a 16th century landscape by the artist known as ‘The Master of the Female Half-Lengths’, and a pair of children’s shoes with connections to Russian royalty.

A collector of books illustrated by Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) inched nearer to a complete set at the ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair.

Black Friday officially begins today - the day retailers offer huge discounts to tempt shoppers ahead of Christmas.

A classic painting by John Atkinson Grimshaw, a Renaissance style clock and the collection of US president Grover Cleveland are among the lots to look out for in auctions around the south of England in the coming week.

Art galleries AntikBar, Signet Contemporary Art and Tanya Baxter Contemporary are among the more than 20 businesses who have joined the new King’s Road Curve.

Dealer and Fake or Fortune? presenter Philip Mould has rediscovered a portrait miniature of Charles Dickens which will now go on public display.

A 200-year-old saltwater pearl, later mounted in a Belle Epoque necklace, has sold at a hammer price of £150,000 at Roseberys in West Norwood (plus 25% buyer’s premium) to a London phone bidder.