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A watercolour design for a First World War memorial in the village of Albury in Surrey was among the works bringing demand at the auction of former V&A director Dr Alan Borg’s collection.

This year’s Masterpiece London features a new layout as it brings together a host of UK and international exhibitors for its ninth edition.

It may only be April but dealers and collectors across the UK and beyond are already turning their minds to the busy days of summer.

High at the top of any list of seminal moments in rock history will be Pete Townshend’s penchant for often destroying guitars at the end of a gig with The Who.

An idea that began life in 2015 with a Tory government manifesto pledge for a total ban on the UK trade in ivory has finally taken shape, though not as draconian as originally pitched and not yet set in legislative stone.

A series of enamel murals by a Polish artist once imprisoned in a Russian gulag who later trained as an RAF Spitfire pilot are coming to auction after the revamp of Heathrow Terminal One.

An ivory sales ban has been launched by the UK government including a number of exemptions for certain items containing ivory.