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A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.

John Rolfe from Wotton Auction Rooms had been asked to undertake a valuation for probate in a bungalow near Salisbury when he made an intriguing discovery.

Irish castle home of earls about to be turned into hotel and spa furnishes a remarkable sale

Remarkably well-preserved 1818 Frankenstein and 1897 Dracula firsts impress in New York

Post-war and Contemporary art is increasingly boosting revenue at regional salerooms

An auction record for John Aldridge (1905-83) was set at Lacy Scott & Knight (22.5% buyer’s premium) when a crisply painted still-life drew the attention of six phone bidders.

Incorporating 40 coloured litho plates, a copy of The Last Works of Henri Matisse, a folio collection of 1958 issued by Harcourt Brace of New York, led a sale held by Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium) of Washington in West Sussex at £2600.

On October 21 Bonhams will be holding a sale in its newly opened Paris saleroom devoted to works by the poet, writer, filmmaker and artist Jean Cocteau (1889- 1963) featuring graphic works, sculpture and ceramics.

The market for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) presents some notable legal issues

Chelsea Antiques Fair exhibitors hailed renewed business with overseas visitors to London – green shoots from the much hoped-for improvement in tourism.

A drawing from Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s (1696-1770) Punchinello series is among the highlights of the contents of Weston Hall in Northamptonshire.

Topping this season’s Asian art series in New York was a piece of Qing imperial porcelain sold not at Sotheby’s, Christie’s or Bonhams but at Doyle.

Fascinated both by their elegance of design and sophisticated cartography, Stephen Edell began collecting globes 50 years ago.