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A selection of nine upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a former director of the Louvre investigated for alleged antiquities trafficking.

Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) Design sale on May 18 included a record for a wall-hanging by the weaver Peter Collingwood (1922-2008).

Bright sunflowers and urban scene demonstrate different sides of the Mod Brit artist

Welsh dealer holding an exhibition on the artist says he has constant requests for her work

Among the numerous sculptures for sale at Nagel’s June 13-14 auction of Asian art in Stuttgart is the ferocious figure of the Tibetan Buddhist deity Dorje Legpa in the incarnation of Damchen Garwai Nakpo, or the Lord of the Forge.

The latter years of the 19th century and the first of the 20th marked the most productive era of the French designer Louis Majorelle.

Twenty-five finely decorated porcelain plaques, several from the legacy of a German aristocratic family, are being sold at auction.

Numerous pieces in the Asian art sale at Lempertz in Cologne on June 11 come from the collection of the German doctor Ludwig Jansen.

It is with great regret that we announce the sudden death of Jan Van Den Bosch on Saturday, May 7, at the age of 88 near his home in Crouch End.

The upper floors of this elegant London brick building have housed notable names over the years, as dealers Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch describe

This Vienna porcelain tea bowl and saucer from the 1720s is painted en camaieu by Ignaz Preissler (1676-1741).

The Ivory Act, a near-total ban on the sale of antique ivory, comes into force in the UK on June 6.

Museum contents devoted to the celebrated Victorian poets Robert Browning (1812-89) and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-61) will be offered this month.

Gustave Le Gray’s 'Souvenirs du Camp de Châlons' sold at Phillips in London.

Sotheby’s is holding a month-long programme of exhibitions and events to mark the platinum jubilee.