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Recent auction results in Germany and Switzerland give a snapshot of the market beyond wristwatches

The team at the freshly re-branded Harper Field were in fine form for the opening of its brand new saleroom earlier this month.

Artefacts hailing from a vast geographical area come together in west London saleroom

Don’t forget your walking shoes when visiting Ben Brown’s 'Alighiero e Boetti: Regola e Regolarsi'.

Fabrics, costumes and theatre set designer turned to painting when her work was destroyed by a bomb

Our selection of seven upcoming auction lots.

Illustrious names feature under portraits in a book about flying heroes from the Second World War

Roseberys’ (25% buyer’s premium) sale of Antiquities, Islamic and Indian Arts on April 28 – which included the 13th century Mamluk manuscript on astronomy pictured on the front page of ATG No 2592 sold for a surprise £140,000 – also boasted this striking 12in (30cm) marble architectural roundel.

These two archival prints of David Bowie dressed in a striped bodysuit he wore during the 1973 Aladdin Sane tour were part of Chiswick Auctions’ (25% buyer’s premium) sale of 19th and 20th Century Photographs on May 31.

A look ahead to some of the many stand-out items on offer at auctions this summer

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

This classic example of Venetian vedute was taken to a multi-estimate £34,000 at Gardiner Houlgate (22% buyer’s premium) in Corsham.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the auction of a Roger Smith pocket watch.

Collaborative London galleries event signals renewed appreciation of this collecting field

A 1954 edition of 'The Mousetrap' play script offered on June 6 at the Cotswold Auction Company (24% buyer’s premium) was inscribed by the author “For James Grout on our 6th birthday, Agatha Christie”.

With the National Portrait Gallery about to reopen, ATG takes a look at exhibition and auctions on the theme

Enthusiastic bidding emerged for two paintings included in an Old Masters sale at Chiswick Auctions (25/12% buyer’s premium).

Asian Art in London will host its second summer event, this year taking place on June 28-July 1.

The art world in the Scottish capital and beyond is gearing up for a busy summer season

Queen singer Freddie Mercury’s art and antiques collection is coming up for sale in September.