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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

Until the 1990s, Ilona Singer (1905-44) belonged to a forgotten generation of artists whose lives were cut short by the Nazis.

Sale of Kunstkammer items amassed by the founder of Mothercare will bring English and Continental silver and furniture in the princely tradition to the rostrum

A plaster figure by the Bauhaus artist Oskar Schlemmer (1888-1943) set a new auction record for one of his sculptures when it was sold by Lempertz (26/20% buyer’s premium) in Cologne.

Recent barrage of regulation impacting the art trade includes Russian rules you really need to heed

In terms of Modern British pictures sold around the country over the last year, a number of highlights came late in the day.

The estimate of £1000-1500 reflected the condition of an Elizabethan ‘Great Bible’ offered at Cotswold firm Wotton Auction Rooms (20% buyer’s premium).

Well-funded bidders joined the fray at the recent sale of tinplate toys held by Hohenstaufen (24.5% buyer’s premium) in Göppingen. The two top lots were very different but brought equally impressive results.

The Leicester engineer Robert Crawford Johnson (1882-1937) registered the design for the cube teapot in 1916.

Bronze works by the accomplished 20th century sculptor prove to be sought-after purchases

A scarce First World War recruiting poster proclaiming Irishmen Avenge the Lusitania has sold to a London museum as part of a large collection offered at Dorset saleroom Onslows (29% buyer’s premium inc VAT).

Our selection of lots from 12 upcoming sales

Original cover artwork, antiquarian books and more modern novels made up a sci-fi and fantasy selection at a London saleroom

Master Drawings New York (MDNY), the major showcase for drawings in the US, returns to the American city from February 1-8.

Yet again, we the public and dealers are to be deprived of seeing, buying or selling beautiful works of art – scrimshaw – when the ban comes into force this month (News, ATG No 2676).

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Sotheby's releasing its results for 2024

Full array sells for £26,000 while single lot hammers at £6500 as enthusiasts compete in salerooms