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Christie’s posted an auction record for any work by a Scottish Colourist when a still-life by Samuel John Peploe (1871-1935) drew strong interest at its latest Modern British art sale.

Demand from well-dressed gentlemen for authentic silk top hats for Royal Ascot this week has boosted sales for retailer Oliver Brown.

A bicorne hat believed to have been owned by Napoleon Bonaparte has sold at auction in Lyon for a hammer price of €280,000 (£246,000).

Consignors tempted back by salerooms to sell at auction in 2017 has helped put art top of the league of investment assets, according to the latest report.

The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has acquired a marble sculpture of Queen Victoria by Sir Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934) after raising the required £1.01m to prevent it from export.

Christie’s latest Impressionist & Modern auction in London drew keen bidding on certain lots as the market reacted more favourably to the works offered than at Sotheby’s sale the previous evening.

The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia opened this morning with around 150 dealers exhibiting as a large standalone section in the House & Garden Festival.