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An Edwardian ‘Regent Plate’ teapot by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company of London sold to a UK bidder for £4300 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Adam Partridge in Liverpool.

Remarkably, given Chelsea FC’s modern-day huge spending and multi-year lucrative contracts, two of the squad who helped to win their first-ever league title in 1954-55 were amateurs.

A small collection of Egyptian antiquities comes for sale at Catherine Southon in Chislehurst, south-east London, on September 9.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including four paintings by Antonello da Messina (c.1430-79) being stolen from a museum in Sicily

This fine mother of pearl, citrine and chalcedony Arts & Crafts necklace was a gift from the Scottish artist Sir David Young Cameron (1865-1945) to his wife Jeanie on Christmas Day 1911.

The Age of Jazz figures issued in 1930 are among the most desirable of all Clarice Cliff models.

Archive and avian template for porcelain designs reflect the life of a remarkable 19th century polymath

Estimated at £10,000-15,000, a pair of Scottish Queen Anne tazze hammered for £16,000 at Dawsons (27.5% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead, Berkshire on July 23.

It is with great sadness John Pye Auctions has announced that John Pye passed away on the evening of Monday, August 10, surrounded by his whole family, at the grand age of 95.

Register bizarrely contains the stats of notables as part of a social ritual

This Regency open-faced pocket watch tells an interesting story.

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online

Our selection of lots from 11 upcoming auctions

A Wedgwood Fairyland lustre rarity – an original work on paper design by Daisy Makeig-Jones (1881-1945) – featured among the top lots in the July 12 auction at Lion and Unicorn (28% buyer’s premium).

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Brilliantly coloured design in the Chinese manner caught the eye of famous collector and connoisseur

The heyday of Dutch and English tinglazed earthenwares coincided with the reign of William and Mary.

This Loetz Klostermühle vase romped past its $600-1200 guide to hammer for $8500 (£6340) at World Auction Gallery (25% buyer’s premium) in East Meadow, New York.