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What is magic about this copy of a Beano annual? Collectors of comic books will know the 'Magic-Beano Book' was the name of the annual when it was published between 1942 to 1949.

The pop-up exhibition is nothing new but a new business seeks to take the model to the next level by staging museum-quality, international shows.

A painting of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s first mistress is to be offered at Sotheby’s this summer.

A West Sussex robbery has resulted in the loss of more than £200,000 of antique jewellery, handbags and other valuables.

A view of Venice by Michele Marieschi (1710-44) which was seized by the Nazis in 1940 will be offered at Sotheby’s this summer following an agreement over a longstanding restitution claim.

In the centennial year of Auguste Rodin’s death, a clutch of works by the famous sculptor have been going under the hammer in Paris. The latest came up for sale at Artcurial when a marble figure drew no less than 11 bidders.

Christie’s is closing its South Kensington saleroom earlier than expected. The final sale will take place in mid July and it will close its doors on July 29.

Once a flagship of the glamorous age of luxury liners, redolent of the Art Deco style and dripping with opulence, the SS Normandie ended her days broken up for scrap after being ravaged by fire.

Whyte's in Dublin was not left feeling blue after William Scott’s ‘Blue Still Life’ sold for €450,000.

Stamp and coins dealership Stanley Gibbons Group has sold its stake in Masterpiece London for £1.4m.

A signed copy of the South African classic, ‘Jock of the Bushveld’ by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, with an inscription describing it as “the first copy” of the book is being offered in an online sale ending this week.