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Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson is offering something tasty at Bonhams Knightsbridge this week: a few morsels from of his own collection.

It’s a busy time for Peter Harrington. Hot on the heels of opening its Upper East Side gallery in New York, the rare book dealership is launching a loan exhibition on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein's monster and a new catalogue.

The printed work of Eric Ravilious (1903-42) has always been a fascinating area of the artist’s market - something with appeal both to connoisseurial collectors and the wider public.

Example made in Gujarat or Goa goes to a Portuguese buyer

“Whoever made this thought of everything.”

Modern British art dealer Jenna Burlingham Gallery is hosting a selling exhibition from the estate of artist William Scott (1913-89).

This early original carte de visite-sized photograph depicting 11 members of the Australian cricket touring party to England 1884 was a stand-out result from an auction offering 500 items from one of the trade’s stalwart books dealers.

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.

A Stirling Moss (1929- 2020) race suit sold at a top-estimate £8000 came with an intriguing provenance.

Among the countless designs that Josef Hoffmann, the Viennese architect and multi-talented driving force behind the Wiener Werkstätte, executed during his long career was a bowl with two scroll handles, sometimes described as a centrepiece.

Readers may not know of Cyril (or Fred) Whiting, but if you are a James Bond aficionado the name Cyril Blacking could ring a bell.

Visitors turned out in droves for the most recent edition of the British Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery.

US auction house Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) enjoyed great success with its event titled Select Rarities: Exceptional Books & Manuscripts Sale.

On January 1, 1901, the German inventor Eduard Thürey applied for a patent for his typewriter design, the layout of which was completely different to all previous forms of writing machines.

In his professional life Dr Edward Moir (1879-1951) was a prominent specialist in anaesthetics, practising in Manchester and Macclesfield.

Auction house Mitchells in Cockermouth is hosting a book launch on Monday December 8 to mark the publication of a new tome cataloguing the life and work of ‘the Lake District’s most prolific painter’.

In the 1950s-60s, the Yamazaki Gangu company, which traded under the internationally more recognisable name IY Metal Toys, was one of the leading Japanese producers of tinplate toys.

A scarce 1928 US first edition of The House at Pooh Corner hammered for $5000 (£3720) against a guide of $500-700 at Copake Auction (25% buyer’s premium).

Our selection of stand-out lots from eight upcoming auctions

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a copy of Emma selling at Sotheby's in New York