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Dutch Old Master marine painting looted by the Nazis during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 has been returned to Poland.

In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week, young girls are observed to sell better than old men and literary anniversaries are shrewdly evaluated.

More than 140 pieces of Wedgwood go on display today in a Surrey Hills stately home.

‘In God we trust’ goes the phrase. It had a double meaning when an American church sold a rare 19th century coin with a result no doubt causing more than a few hallelujahs.

A portrait of a Maori chief by New Zealand artist Charles F Goldie (1870-1947) more than doubled its money in the space of five months after returning to its homeland from the UK.

Christie’s set a major auction record for Govaert Flinck (1615-60) in New York yesterday. The painting by the Dutch Old Master sold at over three times the level it had fetched at a London sale five years ago.

Offer Waterman’s ongoing exhibition of works by an artist who counts the Prince of Wales and Steven Spielberg among his collectors has experienced significant success during its first week.