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With the new auction season kicking off in September, plenty of pictures will be going under the hammer over the next few weeks and, naturally, there are a few stars that have come to light across the regions.

The First World War centenary has prompted numerous related exhibitions which have rather dominated the calendar this year as you might expect.

If Scotland votes for independence on September 18, how might this affect the ownership of art North and South of the Border?

The Christopher Foley collection of British commemorative medals will be sold at Salisbury auctioneers Woolley & Wallis on October 16. The sale is the most comprehensive of its type seen for a century or more.

This Egyptian revival medal cabinet, considered one of the finest pieces of French Empire furniture in Britain, has been ‘saved for the nation’ after a campaign by the Victoria & Albert Museum was successful in raising £534,000.

Details have emerged of a theft of a significant collection of British pocket watches from a property in London earlier this year.

As the summer break ends, next month sees a rush of activity in the art world with a flurry of events not least in the Tribal Art category.