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What is the latest social media sensation? How about an 1890s Jupe’s mechanical action circular dining table?

This 9ct gold pocket compendium with hallmarks for Alfred Dunhill & Sons, London, 1950, hammered at the lower end of a £15,000-20,000 estimate at Fellows in Birmingham on August 21.

A portrait miniature of Anne Lefroy, a writer who was close friends and a mentor of Jane Austen, has been acquired by Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire.

Elektro was built in 1937 by industrial giant Westinghouse in Mansfield, Ohio, for the 1939 World’s Fair in New York: the first robot in the world that could walk, talk and even count on his fingers.

The name Ducret has been closely connected to the world of faience ever since the 1950s, when Siegfried Ducret published the first of numerous indispensable handbooks for collectors of and dealers in European porcelain and faience.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Oxford rug dealer Christopher Legge consigning items from his collection to auction

This rare large Steiff brown-tipped mohair Teddy Clown bear offered by Special Auction Services (20% buyer’s premium) in its summer Fine Dolls, Teddy Bears & Traditional Toys Auction was once owned by a Josefina González González of Cuba.

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

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

Barry Potter and his family attended their first BP Fairs event following the sale of the business to Warners Group.

The Marklin ‘wagon within a wagon’ toy is a popular choice for collectors. Essentially this is a horsedrawn wagon that fits inside a railway wagon for transporting a long way.

Our selection of lots from 14 upcoming auctions

Huge collection concentrates on a world before mass producing

Undaunted dealer takes over Isle of Wight antiques shop at age of 84 working alongside his daughters

Family archive features poem written by Alice author for the well-connected owner of a scrapbook

A Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Medal group of 10 Second World War honours coming up in a New Zealand auction recognised not just one but two successful escapes from captivity.

Hugely popular in the Edwardian era, Louis Wain’s (1869-1939) anthropomorphic cats continue to charm a 21st century audience.

Demand for the distinctive portraits is rising among new and younger collectors, says specialist

A remarkable result for an unboxed group of plastic figures could be due to a ‘holy grail’ withdrawn set

Among the major dealers in portrait miniatures are Elle Shushan and Philip Mould & Company.