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Market for imperial Russian works of art appears to have shifted to US given global circumstances

Collector’s complete set of books from Morris’ publishing project comes to a saleroom for first time in 50 years

For this year’s edition, the Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts Fair (BRAFA) will be celebrating its 70th outing.

Peter Arnold’s (20% buyer’s premium) auction of the first part of the Alexander Collection held in Melbourne, Australia, achieved a selling rate of 80% with 15 lots sold in the following days, all at the reserves, to several buyers.

A textbook example of British Arts & Crafts jewellery – a Guild of Handicraft peacock pendant necklace designed by Charles Robert Ashbee – sold for $35,000 (£28,100) in the US at the end of 2024.

An unusual, slightly risky, but highly effective late 17th century alarm clock found a new owner at Dr Crott (25% buyer’s premium) in Mannheim.

Painting sold in Zurich was one of the series of views from the apartment where he spent his last months

Over 300 watercolours were produced for each one of the 60 copies of a remarkable ornithological work

Before he devoted himself fully to Impressionism, the French painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) created numerous more traditional landscapes, one of which was on offer at Tiberius (27% buyer’s premium) in Vienna.

Viking artefacts seldom appear at auction and when they do, they cause quite a stir.

The vast majority of the 116 known engravings created by the German artist Martin Schongauer in the second half of the 15th century are depictions of religious scenes or portraits of biblical figures.