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This Edwardian diorama offered by Smiths of Newent (20% buyer’s premium) in Gloucestershire depicts a locksmith’s shop.

Getty collection provides another auction highlight while glass and patinated bronze lanterns also shine in Massachusetts

“The Long Range Desert Group were masters of navigation and one of Britain’s most famous special forces. They owed much of their success to the scientific talents of their first commander, Major Ralph Bagnold, whose sun-compass invention revolutionised desert travel.” (National Army Museum.)

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.

A selection of six watch lots at UK auctions

A special selection of upcoming lots raging from the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Beano to Oppenheimer's passport and Machiavelli’s The Prince

Harrogate Pavilions fair has a healthy focus on art and antiques made in the area such as clocks

Updated 1960s and 70s versions of earlier Cartier classics are much in demand. The best are those made for the London boutique during the Jean-Jacques Cartier years, with the cases commissioned from the London workshop Wright & Davies and the manual wind movements supplied by Jaeger-LeCoultre.

Two examples of substantial model presentation cannon came up at different salerooms recently.

The first major solo exhibition of Rob Pointon is to be held at Panter & Hall gallery which will highlight his works as Artist in Residence for The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.

A shop in the characterful area of the East Sussex town of Hastings known as the Old Town, with deeds that date to 1511, has opened as a small antiques centre.

Modern British painter depicted local life in west London including pub interiors and characters

The highest price at auction for a Bristol orphanage sampler was registered at Mellors & Kirk (24% buyer’s premium) in Nottingham.

Camerer Cuss watches carry a certain cachet.

In Norman Dean’s day, to be a watch collector was to collect pocket watches. In today’s market, when the 20th century mechanical wristwatch is king, demand for pocket watches is now markedly segmented.

George II period furniture bought by ‘international bidder’ for five-times top estimate in Connecticut

On Friday, November 8, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2694.17 / €2491.28 / £2072.44

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

Gallery 1936 is a recently launched online firm, established by George Richards in October.

Andrew Saidi, organiser of PBFA’s 'Christmas Book Fair' in London, is confident that this year’s event will be as buoyant as that in 2023.