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Around 500 original artworks by the late Peter Firmin (1928-2018) – co-creator of Bagpuss, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, The Clangers and Basil Brush – were sold in a remarkable sale at Canterbury Auction Galleries.

Antique silver items have been stolen from a stately home in Warwickshire and police and the National Trust are calling for help to recover them.

A new code of conduct launched by UNESCO has been met with concern from the art market.

Propstore’s four-day auction of 1700 lots of entertainment memorabilia comes to the rostrum in Los Angeles this month.

The exceptional provenance of a trademark Alfred Wallis (1855-1942) painting gave it a commercial boost when it appeared at Lay’s (21% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Cornish Art in Penzance.

With estimates from £400, here are eight previews of items coming up at auction this week

If close personal connections between artist and sitter can raise the value of a portrait, then you might expect a picture by a celebrated artist of his mother to do rather well when offered on the market.

A fascinating archive of diaries and photographs shedding light on the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition has sold for almost £35,000 in total at auction.

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of antique exemptions in a new set of trading tariffs brought in US President Donald Trump.

A rare portrait sculpture of a scandalous Victorian heiress that sold at auction has been acquired by Buscot Park following a temporary export bar.

The image introducing Tony Stark’s superhero persona – Iron Man – has set an auction record.

A portrait of the artist Laura Knight (1874-1970) by her husband Harold Knight (1874-1961) sounds like the kind of work always likely to generate interest at auction. And this is especially so if it happens to be previously unrecorded and offered with an inviting estimate.

The autumn events schedule for the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers (SOFAA) has been announced with many events aimed at the younger generation of members.

ATG's Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of auction prices, keeping you on top of the latest market values