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Ardingly warfest returns with re-enactors and militaria dealers as well as an ‘unforgettable finale’

The prosaic description ‘flute stopper’ hardly does justice to the function and ritual importance of the carved wooden artefact sold by Lempertz (27% buyer’s premium).

Two late 17th century recipe books sold for a surprise £15,000 (estimate £400-600) at Dawsons (27.5% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead on August 26.

When it was introduced to the public in 1956 by the electronics company Braun, the compact stereo system Phonosuper was a spectacular design innovation.

The furniture in the background of many paintings by Walter Sickert has proved to be a useful aid when dating his works.

Our selection of lots from eight upcoming auctions

Visions of the Orient is a selling show staged by Darnley Fine Art but also includes rarely seen loaned works from Rochdale’s museum that have been in storage for many years.

Chairs by leading early 20th century designers were in high demand at an online sale at Dorotheum (25% buyer’s premium) in Vienna this summer.

London gallery holds the first joint exhibition of works by ‘titans of the ceramic scene’ for 30 years

Auction houses Christie’s and Bonhams have made changes to their buyer’s fees.

A 20in (51cm) transfer printed pearlware dish picturing the Durham Ox sold for £3000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at an Antiques & Interiors sale at Bellmans in Billingshurst, West Sussex, on September 1-2.

According to a typewritten record, this brass cap for a 19-gallon fuel tank was retrieved directly from the crash site of John Alcock and Arthur Brown’s Vickers Vimy biplane in Clifden, County Galway.

A Rembrandt portrait of a wealthy Amsterdam woman, Catrina Hooghsaet (1607-85), that sold privately via Christie’s has been temporarily blocked from export in the hope a museum in the UK can raise £71.7m needed to keep it in the country.