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The glut of auctions held during the week-long period of the ‘Frieze London’ and ‘Frieze Masters’ fairs generated an overall £184m including premium, roughly in line with the total from the equivalent sales last year.

Next year marks the 220th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the most famous naval battle in British history.

The niche collectors’ market of mechanical music sings the right notes with another outing for Laurence Fisher Consultancy’s Mechanical Music Auction and Social-Meet Event.

Works by David Bomberg (1890-1957) are a valuable proposition at auction, especially those with an attractive Spanish subject.

Oxford’s Legge Carpets & Textiles is hosting a retrospective exhibition, which is celebration of Christopher Legge’s five decades in the business.

With estimates from £100, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a remarkable cache of Chinese works of art coming for sale in London this month.