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The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of the attic contents of Powderham Castle and Brocklesby Park heading to auction

A Real Madrid shirt worn by Ferenc Puskás against Kilmarnock in the 1965-66 European Cup made 10 times its estimate at Graham Budd’s Scottish sporting memorabilia auction at Trades Hall of Glasgow on May 21.

The latest jobs moves and appointments across the world of art and antiques

A consignment of historic material relating to Abraham Lincoln drew extensive interest at Freeman's Hindman in Chicago on May 21. The sale included a pair of the gloves that posted an auction record for any artefact related to the US President.

It was billed as the ‘first ever $100m collection of Old Masters to come to auction’ but the auction of the Saunders collection at Sotheby’s New York last night came in significantly below expectations.

The Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD) has urged dealers to work together in the face of rising costs.

A Roman marble thought by its vendors to be a garden statue turned heads at Toovey’s where it sold earlier this month.

A string of works by East Anglian artists, each with their own well-established market, drew notable attention at the latest specialist sale held by Reeman Dansie (25% buyer’s premium).

Christie’s has announced a major highlight for its Old Masters evening sale in London on July 1.

A Military Cross awarded to an officer who served on the Western Front and later played professional football for Tottenham Hotspur has been bought by the club at auction.

A group of eight antiquities have been returned to Peru following an intervention by the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L Bragg Jr.

Modern British Gallery are hosting an online exhibition titled 'Women Only – 60 Pictures Celebrating Women Artists'.

Sotheby’s offered a collection of 30 Fabergé animals from the Castle Howard estate in a timed online sale ending May 16.

With estimates from £3000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week