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Falling-ball or falling-globe clocks are great horological rarities; only about 30 examples are thought to have survived since their construction in the second half of the 17th century.

Dealers in precious metals temporarily suspended trade last week as global gold and silver prices rose higher.

A group of benches consigned by The National Gallery took more than seven times their top estimate at auction in Billingshurst.

Victorian silver novelties do not come much better than this claret jug by top London maker Robert Hennell (1826-91).

The British Museum is trying to raise funds to buy a £3.5m gold pendant discovered by a metal detectorist in a field in Warwickshire in 2019.

Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes is establishing a dedicated ceramics and glass department, after appointing specialist valuer and cataloguer Clare Durham.

The latest Library Sale at Cheffins in Cambridge included a rare French map documenting the campaign of ‘Charles Edward Prince de Galles’ in 1745-46.

A collection of banknote essays, designs and specimens from engraving and printing firm Bradbury Wilkinson & Company comes for sale at Special Auction Services in Newbury on November 27.

Frieze London and Frieze Masters opened on October 15 with a strong attendance and million-pound-plus sales raked up on the first day of the Regent’s Park art fair.

The principal contribution made by James Stirling (1692-1770) to the history of mathematics is the Methodus Differentialis, a paper first published in 1730.

In the extensive sale of October 22-25, Wendl in Rudolstadt will be selling the second tranche of the porcelain collection amassed by Kurt Adelsberger.

A late 19th century marble figure of David with the Head of Goliath at his feet was one of the stars at Neumeister (30% buyer’s premium) in Munich this autumn.

Images by American photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009), who worked with Vogue for more than six decades and is credited with turning fashion photography into an art form, are among the highlights at the latest Paris Photo.

Original works for under £100? Dickinson offers just that in its latest show 'Sir Francis Grant: A Society Sketchbook'.

City and United player once mired in a bribery scandal but who played until 49 is today a major draw at auction