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A unique collection of paintings and personal effects belonging to the family of Irish poet WB Yeats and his brother, artist Jack Yeats, will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in September. Several of the items, including the poet’s love letters, are fresh to market.

Weighing a collective 25kg with 448 legs and 224 ears, a collection of 112 solid silver cow creamers is currently on the market from Mark Littler.

John Thomas Smith, reportedly born in a hackney carriage on a June evening in 1766, was an artist, writer and a Londoner.

A mysterious 2000-year-old relic found in the Derbyshire Peak District by a local metal detectorist goes under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers next week.

Fascination with the royal family has been fuelled even further recently by the release of Netflix series The Crown which takes an intimate look at the public and private life of Queen Elizabeth II.

The proposed Kensington gallery hub of Cromwell Place has hired a managing director to lead the project and attract tenants.

Medieval manor Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks in Kent, has launched a fundraising appeal to buy a John Singer Sargent painting from Sotheby’s in New York.