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Decorative art dealer duo started their own advisory service to cope with new Brexit rules

Aided by strong American bidding action, the collection of Andrew Crawforth, the late Portobello Road trader and leading authority on early metalware, turned base metal into gold when all 431 lots – offered wihtout reserve – sold at Bonhams’ (27.5% buyer’s premium) Edinburgh sale.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including how one visitor reacted to the price of a coffee at the Frieze Masters fair.

Stand-out cartographic lots sold in Gloucestershire include a string of early rarities

Equestrian works by the British artist shine as ‘English country house meets Californian chic’

Excellent selection of the artist’s wildlife works had been wrapped up and kept pristine.

Underground or overground, London travel memorabilia amounted to a £95,000 hammer total at Catherine Southon (24% buyer’s premium).

Complete year runs of Beano from the years 1958 and ‘59 that sold at £3050 and £3550 topped the bidding in a Comic Book Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) timed online sale that ended on August 29.

Closed for almost two decades, a shop in the Cotswolds town of Dursley has been brought to life as an art and antiques business.

A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.

A pair of Sphinx garden ornaments estimated at just £300-500 at a Suffolk auction were hammered down at £195,000.