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The stand-out lot offered at a recent sale at Piguet (23% buyer’s premium) of Geneva was a female nude by Jean Souverbie (1891-1981).

This design for a fan leaf painted with two reclining figures of elegant women appeared in an Impressionist and Modern art sale held in Paris

Brexit has done it again!

Our selection of upcoming lots at UK auctions.

This work is billed as the largest ever nude by Gustave Courbet (1819-77) to be offered at auction

The biggest surprise at a sale held by Schuler (23/20/16% buyer’s premium) came when the dramatic depiction of The Lion Hunt was offered for SFr3000

Objects from Norwich, York, Ireland and Newcastle in recent sales give a snapshot of the market

During the second half of the 19th and the early part of the 20th century, the German artist Ferdinand Keller (1842-1922) had a highly successful career as a painter of historical motifs, some imagined, some of a more documentary manner

This pair of silver-mounted frosted glass claret jugs has marks for James Samuel Hunt and London, 1844.

Boole’s 1847 paper would ‘find widespread use in the design of computers and communication systems’

Further to the issue raised in ATG No 2589 regarding problems importing items

Collectors and dealers say they are being incorrectly charged for import VAT by eBay and logistics providers such as DHL.

A rediscovered portrait of a leading figure in the fight for women’s suffrage has been purchased for the UK Parliament.

Nelson memorabilia from a private collection in Devon was keenly fought over at Duke’s Spring auction.

This 18th century Chinese export reverse-painted mirror in a period gilt frame took a five-figure sum at auction.