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The top-seller of the small Chinese offering from Exbury House was this colourful, elaborate 18th century cloisonné cong.

A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.

Two ancient country manors refurbished by two of the 20th century’s leading UK interior designers brought what the auctioneers described as ‘pre-Covid atmospheres’ at Dreweatts’ (25% buyer’s premium) Donnington Priory rooms.

Tapestries featured at both Dreweatts’ Chilham Castle auction and Flaxley Abbey sale.

A newly discovered first edition copy of Francisco Goya’s most celebrated printed work, 'Los Caprichos' (The Caprices), is up for auction at Butterscotch in Bedford, New York, on December 4 with an estimate on request.

Cambridge auction attracts high bids to secure several delights discovered in job lots

A copy of the 1543, first German language edition of a work that centuries later, in 'Printing and the Mind of Man', was declared to be “perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published” was offered by Gloucestershire saleroom Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium) on October 12.

The market presence of Sarah Biffin (1784-1850), a portrait miniaturist born without hands, arms and legs, has been rising over the past few years.

The November 15 Silver & Vertu ‘signature’ sale at Heritage in Texas includes what specialist Karen Rigdon calls “probably the strongest collection of English silver that we’ve had in the last 10 years”.

Carved giltwood mirrors were in strong demand at Dreweatts, four of them among the five-figure prices.

Andrew Jones (25/18/12% buyer’s premium) held one of its periodic wide-ranging, mixed-discipline sales titled Design for the Home and Garden in Los Angeles on October 9.

How can an enthusiast create a museum-quality collection without vast sums of money?

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

The team behind 2Covet has closed its events division, abandoning all plans to run fairs.

US buyers have boosted sales for UK dealers and auction houses this autumn after the slump in sterling.