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The National Trust has issued an alert following the theft of an 18th century Chinese plate from a property in north Wales.

A number of high prices for works modelled on or inspired by ancient sculpture have been recorded at different auctions this month.

A violin used by Albert Einstein (1879-1955) during his ‘Annus Mirabilis’ comes for sale at Dominic Winter in South Cerney, Cirencester, on October 8.

TV presenter, gardener and author Alan Titchmarsh is selling his large collection of antiques ahead of downsizing.

Auction house seeks information following the theft of a silver sculpture

Underlining the current demand for works by female Old Masters, a portrait of an English MP set an auction record for the Italian artist Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757) at Cheffins.

A work described as ‘one of the finest and most intricately conceived’ of Gustav Klimt’s (1862-1918) full-length portraits will be the headline lot at the auction of the Leonard A. Lauder collection at Sotheby’s in November.

A historic William De Morgan collection that began with Sir William Gwynne-Evans, 1st Baronet of Oaklands Park (1845-1927), and spanned three generations is being offered at auction in Guernsey.

Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses after a burglary at a museum in Exeter.

A pair of characterful studies of cranes, a penguin and a boatbill heron set a high price for Henry Stacy Marks (1829-98) at Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh earlier this month.

The Château Royal de Blois in France has launched a fundraising campaign to buy a terracotta bust of Louix XIII's brother Gaston d'Orléans.