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Old-fashioned contents sale from a château helped Drouot autumn season kick off with a strong start

The moment Johann Böttger oversaw the successful production of hard-paste porcelain at Meissen in Germany, the race was on for other European countries to create ‘white gold’.

Nelson was a great admirer of porcelain and he and Emma Hamilton owned several services.

Tajan is to offer a rare early pioneering maritime atlas/encyclopedia in its Paris rooms on November 27.

The Irish peer, statesman and soldier James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665-1745), first rose to prominence after helping put down the Monmouth Rebellion.

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.

Our selection of lots from 12 upcoming auctions

In his professional life, John McDowell (1935-2023) was a talented composer and music teacher who worked for many years at Stranmillis University College, Belfast.

Results from the Ombersley Court library reflect historical significance of the largely unseen works

The star of a recent auction held by Pousse-Cornet (21.8% buyer’s premium inc tax) in Blois was a particularly interesting still-life painting by the artist Alexandre-Francois Desportes (1661-1743).

Gurr Johns, the art adviser that owns UK auction house Dreweatts, has opened an office in Paris.

Estimated at £200-300, a 12in (30cm) French porcelain stand in the rococo style sold for £4900 at Michael Bowman (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Chudleigh, Devon, on September 28.

Royalty, heads of state and grand families frequently chose to have their porcelain engraved with their initials or coat of arms.

The Derby porcelain factory specialised in cabinet-pieces in the 1790s.

Aguttes (26/23% buyer’s premium) held a 66-lot sale in Neuilly on October 8 of a collection of watches spanning the 17th to 20th centuries formed by a doctor and horological enthusiast.