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A collection of ceramics by the Hanley-born pottery painter Arthur Holland (1896 1979) comes for sale at Potteries Auctions in Newcastle-under-Lyme on July 12.

Reg Cooper, the dealer and former fair organiser, has died aged 86.

The presence of the author’s signature dramatically enhanced the value of a copy of Ian Fleming’s (1908-64) first collection of James Bond short stories 'For Your Eyes Only' offered at an auction at University Archives (25% buyer’s premium).

Chelsea Red Anchor period ‘Hans Sloane’ plates are named with reference to the royal physician, traveller, and natural historian who helped transform the Chelsea Physic Garden into a centre of botanical knowledge during the Enlightenment.

Swann Auction Galleries (25% buyer’s premium) recorded head-turning sales during its series of New York sales in May.

It is with sadness that I advise the passing of a wonderful person who was also my client, Ray Haradin. He was only 60.

A foundation document of Western sinology appeared at Freeman’s Hindman (28% buyer’s premium) in Chicago.

Among the great Beilby discoveries of recent times was the emergence - from two separate sources across 14 years - of six small firing glasses decorated in red, yellow and white enamel with Masonic emblems.

Ceramics expert’s collection sold at auction included notable pieces made on Merseyside but also a Limehouse cup that proved very popular with bidders

British artist famed for The Monarch of the Glen also painted landscapes for his own pleasure

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a First World War plaque returning to South Shields after 50 years away

When William John Kennedy (1930-2021) and his wife were in the process of moving house in the mid-2000s, they found a box tucked away in the back of a closet.

A biannual addition to Sworders’ calendar is The Glass Sale - the first on October 28.

The great Georgian porcelain decorator and technician William Billingsley (1758-1828) was that recognisable type: artistic genius and downright rogue.

E&H Manners, the Kensington Church Street ceramics specialist of more than 30 years, tried something new this year: a summer exhibition.

My recent letter in ATG (No 2696) regarding the time-limit waiver of VAT exemption on the re-importation of antiques seems to have stirred up a minor hornet’s nest. My phone, while not being exactly hot, has been mildly warm on occasion.