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The two leading US trade associations have won a legal challenge against a law that said dealers in New York could not display antiques made from more than 20% elephant ivory.

A cabinet cup and saucer decorated by perhaps the most skilled of all Sèvres painters was spotted for sale in Derbyshire.

Two previously lost works by Italian painter Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) will go on display in the new year after recently appearing at auction. Fontana has been described as the first female career artist in western Europe as her family relied on her income.

It was overshadowed by the James Bond doll when it was released in 1966 and was granted a shorter production run, but the Kissy Suzuki doll from the film 'You Only Live Twice' was star of the show at C&T Auctioneers.

More pieces appear from a collection that survived a couple of devastating blazes at the family home

In the 19th century Sutton's Seeds was leading the way in formulating policy for seed testing.

This late 19th century silver mounted ceramic dish or coupe came up at the Belgian firm CR-Art Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) when it was bid to €7000 (£5835) against a guide of €2000-3000.

Adam Partridge is selling one of the most stand-out pieces of pop culture fashion to come to market: John Lennon’s black velvet jacket that he often wore (and was seen in the Imagine film). The estimate at the Liverpool auction on December 4-5 is £500,000-700,000.

The influential 20th century jewellery designer Suzanne Belperron (1900-83) had a wide-ranging clientele during her lifetime spanning royalty, artists and people from the worlds of fashion and entertainment.

Darnley Fine Art is currently hosting an exhibition showcasing the works of several acclaimed female artists from the 17th century to the 20th century.

While flower paintings by the artist-plantsman Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889-1982) are now a familiar sight at auction and invariably a valuable proposition, his depictions of fruit and vegetables are equally interesting and vivid.

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.

The latest sale of Petroliana at Richard Edmonds Auctions (12/20% buyer’s premium) in Chippenham included a super-rare English oil can.

A “once-in-a-generation” collection of treen containing all manner of small turned objects, from a toasting dog to a decorated busk stay, was the major feature in a timed online sale of vernacular furniture, folk art and textiles at Bonhams Knightsbridge (28/27% buyer’s premium).

This month enthusiasts can get an auction taster of a sporting archive ranked as among the very best

Albert Amor is hosting an exhibition featuring 18th century English Blue and White Porcelain until December 6.

Following more than four decades of collecting, advertising signs such as Cadbury classics have entered the mainstream

A fine drawing by French Romantic painter and draughtsman Pierre Paul Prud’hon (1758-1823) sold for €190,000 (£158,300) at L’Huillier & Associés (30% buyer’s premium inc tax).

Revived for 2024, Firsts Hong Kong brings the former China in Print fair under the Firsts umbrella at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum from December 6-8.

A collection of just over 50 artworks for posters by the designer Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942) enjoyed considerable success when they went under the hammer at Ader (25/20/15% buyer’s premium) in Paris.