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Dealer Paul Pedley has bought the antiques warehouse where he was a tenant for many years and will rename it Newark Antiques and Interiors.

Glafira Rosales, the Long Island art dealer who in 2013 pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion in the Knoedler art forgery case, has been ordered to pay $81m to victims of the fraud.

A dealer is on trial in Newport Crown Court charged with 11 counts of fraud and three of handling stolen goods.

A dealer claims to have found a lost Wright of Derby (1734-1797) self-portrait and will be offering it for sale at the LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair this autumn.

The identity of Vivien Leigh is inextricably linked with her role in the 1939 epic film Gone with the Wind where she played the wilful heroine Scarlett O’Hara.

“By god, sir, I’ve lost my leg.” “By god, sir, so you have.” One of the most famous verbal exchanges in military history was recalled when lot 342 was sold by London auctioneer Thomas Del Mar on June 28.

The prospect of a total ban on the trade in ivory re-emerged this week after foreign secretary Boris Johnson said the government has “a commitment to an all-out ban on the sale of ivory in this country, and that is what we intend to pursue”.