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The UK government has issued an export bar on a previously lost Antonio Canova bust that sold at a Sotheby’s auction earlier this summer.

ATG’s selection of highlights sold at auction in the last week include a stunning Giuliano bracelet, a picture postcard showing Manchester United’s original ground and rare posters from a music festival in Bath.

King Arthur, Cheddar cheese, Agatha Christie and cider: the south-west of England has been home to many of Britain’s cultural treasures.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of the art and antiques trade’s response to the business rates reprieve announced in the Budget.

Auction house Sotheby’s reported its third-quarter results for the three months to September 30 revealing a net loss of $27.8m (£21.43bn) - down 19% on the $23.5m posted a year ago.

An Assyrian relief unearthed from the royal palace at Nimrud in modern-day Iraq has set the second highest ever price for a piece of ancient art at auction after selling at Christie’s New York.

November is the UK’s busiest month of Asian art sales with a glut of auctions taking place in both London and the regions.