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Candy and Andy were just like any other children in the late 1960s, except that they lived with two pandas called Mr and Mrs Bearanda and owned a Mini called Stripey.

Teacher turned designer was part of the Royal Doulton team creating some of the first HN figures

The original 1934 design for 'Le Genie de la Mer' by Carlo Sarrabezolles (1888-1971) was meant for the ocean liner Normandie and is currently on display outside the CMA CGM Tower in Marseille.

The top lot in Potter & Potter’s (25% buyer’s premium) latest Wunderkammer Sale was Gustave Vichy’s (1839-1904) 'Aubade a la lune' (Serenade to the Moon) mechanical automaton. It is considered a signature model of the firm.

The collection of Selim Zilkha (1927-2022), founder of Mothercare, represented a stern test of the market for early English silver.

As with last year’s equivalent sales, the winter Old Masters auctions in New York looked a little thin.

The mid-1920s were tough times for architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959).

Daisy Makeig-Jones’ lustre designs for Wedgwood arrived at precisely the right time.

Credited with saying “an army marches on its stomach”, Napoleon Bonaparte knew the value of eating well, both at home and on the road.

Less-than-pristine paints and brushes from the studio of Lucien Freud (1922-2011) were sold by University Archives (23% buyer’s premium) in Wilton, Connecticut.

An inheritance influenced Boston dealer duo to turn their collecting interest to a different market

An oil on board titled 'Portrait of a Donkey', painted and signed in 1881 by the noted French animalier Rosa Bonheur (1822-99), performed with gusto at Helmuth Stone Gallery (25% buyer’s premium).

A copy of pioneering female author’s novel Evelina appeared at auction for first time in a decade

Jill Newhouse founded her gallery in New York in 1980. She is the fourth generation of her family to be an art dealer.

Art dealer Dominic Sanchez-Cabello has sold a rare portrait by Emma Soyer (c.1810-42) to the Yale Center for British Art.

Sale of Kunstkammer items amassed by the founder of Mothercare will bring English and Continental silver and furniture in the princely tradition to the rostrum

Master Drawings New York (MDNY), the major showcase for drawings in the US, returns to the American city from February 1-8.