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Roman Cieślewicz (1930-96) and Jan Lenica (1928-2001) were both founders of the Polish School of Posters, the influential and creative artistic movement that sprang up under strict Soviet rule.

Further to your report on the extremely rare Plate 77 Penny Red, offered for sale at a tempting £650,000 (News Digest, ATG No 2652), it might be of interest to readers who are neither philatelists, nor postal historians, to note that it was the imperforate Penny Red which replaced the Penny Black in February 1841, not the perforated Penny Red, like the example illustrated.

A 1659 original silver chalice worth around £15,000 has been stolen from a church in Sutton, Bedfordshire.

Furniture and objects associated with a rustic or farmhouse aesthetic have gained popularity in recent decades.

A preserved and framed collection with a great provenance dispersed at auction showed the wider strength of a market often dominated by the familiar stars

First edition of key Mormon work lists Joseph Smith as ‘author and proprietor’ of text not ‘translator’

Carved wooden sculptural fragments are a market strength.

The Fonsie Mealy Chatsworth Summer Rare Books & Collectables Sale on July 30-31 includes a private collection of works by Jack B Yeats, The Cuala Press and modern Irish and English literature.

Debut staging of event established in the Scottish Borders encourages more dealers to sign up for next one

A new record for any English bottle was set at specialist saleroom BBR Auctions in Elsecar, South Yorkshire.

Only 29 books from the library of John Keats are recorded - among them a 1679 printing of the collected works of the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser given to him by the artist Joseph Severn (1793-1879).

Golfers from the Scottish trade gathered to compete for the Nicholson Quaich at Auchterarder Golf Club beside Gleneagles Hotel last month in a match organised by last year’s winner, Nick Burns from Lindsay Burns Auctioneers & Valuers in Perth.

A surprise at a Hampshire saleroom on June 18 came in the form of a fine pair of early 19th century Chamberlain Worcester ‘Regent China’ cabinet cups in the French Empire style.

Records have tumbled in recent years for works by Guyanese artist Aubrey Williams (1926-90), reflecting a growing appreciation for the painter’s output and his contribution to Modern British art.

Frieze plans to unveil a new design approach for its annual London fair and a new curatorial direction at Frieze Masters. The two fairs run in tandem from October 9-13 in London’s Regent’s Park.