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Copies of the Lord of the Rings trilogy just don’t get much better than the set shown here.

A striking Art Deco marble sculpture by the Brazilian Modernist Victor Brecheret (1894-1955) achieved more than 10 times its estimate at John Moran (27% buyer’s premium) in Monrovia, California.

While the estimate of $20-50 did not necessarily reflect it, the sale at Hayloft Auctions (28% buyer’s premium) in the Bronx, New York, on September 9 included an exceptional piece of Japanese porcelain.

Among the most desirable Royal Doulton HN series models are the Harry Tittensor (1887-1942) creations based on the Arabian Knights story.

Bearing an innocuous estimate of $50-250, a small 6in (15cm) bronze of a sow mounted to a marble base skyrocketed to $10,000 (£7600) at Berner’s Auction (23% buyer’s premium) in Deland, Florida.

This rare Chinese export dish offered at Luxur Fine Art Auction (25/20/15% buyer’s premium) in Queens, New York, was painted with a portrait of the theologist Willem Deurhoff (1650-1717).

The latest sale at Aces Gallery in Stamford, Connecticut, was topped by the multi-estimate performance of a rediscovered allegorical painting by Venetian artist Paris Bordone (c.1500-71).

An enigmatic French aristocrat commanded plenty of attention at Neue Auctions (23% buyer’s premium) in Beachwood, Ohio.

Massimo Micheluzzi (b.1957), who began his glassmaking career as a photographer for the Venini factory, has become a name to watch in the modern design market.

A recent sale held by Stair Galleries (28% buyer’s premium) in Hudson, New York, was led by this oil on board by Auguste-Elysée Chabaud (1882-1955).

The ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair will take place in its charming and traditional location: Chelsea Old Town Hall on the Kings Road.

A rare presentation ship model, made to commemorate what Nelson called his ‘hardest fought battle’, sold at Doyle New York.

Crawford Bray is gallery manager for Karl Kemp which is exhibiting at the 13th Salon Art + Design in New York from November 7-11

When Marcel Duchamp was recruited in 1953 by New York gallerist Sidney Janis to create a retrospective of the Dada art movement, he rose to the challenge.