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A spate of jewellery-related crimes was reported in the last month, sparking further concerns for those in the trade.

Needing work but with an impeccable pedigree, this striking drop-dial wall clock topped the day at Bellmans (25% buyer’s premium).

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the launch of Art Advisory Group by Crispian Riley-Smith.

Sadly, I have to report the death of the former Chelsea antique dealer Christine Schell on Monday, June 12, 2023.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

Works by Reginald Pepper (fl.1970s-90s) are not very common at auction – and this is not just because he doesn’t exist.

Colour is at the core of Zuleika Gallery’s latest exhibition, one of several to focus on British abstract art this summer.

An early career in London led Chris Ewbank, who died on June 25 aged 78, to the auction business at the Cubitt & West salerooms in Guildford – a few miles west of his childhood home in Mayfield, Sussex, where his father was an estate agent-cum-auctioneer.

The June 8 sale at Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium) in Washington, West Sussex included a fine example of Meiji cloisonné by Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927).

Painted by one of Royal Worcester’s finest artists and one of only three green examples known to the knowledgeable buyer, this vase and cover was the focus and prize of Cromwells’ (20% buyer’s premium) sale.

Vendor finds glass marbles are worth more than expected as they make surprise four-figure sums in Bury St Edmunds

Pieces from two single-owner collections of silver by Stuart Devlin (1931-2018) and the partnership of Omar Ramsden (1873-1939) and Alwyn Carr (1872-1940) focused specialist eyes on Murray’s (20% buyer’s premium) in Douglas, Isle of Man.

Painting of an Indian Mutiny scene smashes the record thanks to bidding from the sub-continent

Inscription by AA Milne using his nickname boosts price of a limited-edition copy to £21,000

David Harper trades in a range of fields and is known for appearances on programmes such as Antiques Road Trip and Bargain Hunt

Auction house Hansons has opened its sixth saleroom, this time in Hertfordshire.

Signed and dated 'T Beach Pinxt 1793', this portrait depicts the famous Georgian beauty Anne Templar, Lady de la Pole (1758-1832).

A bound volume presenting the first seven issues of Magic Comic issued by DC Thomson in 1939 proved a highlight in a Comic Book Auctions (19% buyer’s premium) sale of June 4.

Chris, who was universally described as a gentleman by all who knew him, started his lifelong career (he missed national service by one day) aged 17 at Morphets Auctioneers in Harrogate.

A Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) portrait that made a record for any work sold at auction in Europe helped lift the latest series of Modern and Contemporary sales in London.