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When it was last sold 30 years ago, Chinese export figures of this rare type were thought to depict a Dutch lady - perhaps the wife of a governor of Batavia.

Among the opening sales at the FAB Paris fair at the newly restored Grand Palais was this Sicilian Baroque polychrome and gilt wood sculpture group of the Annunciation.

It was interesting to read your front-page article on the cigar case produced to mark the King of Siam’s visit to the UK in 1897 (‘The £200 eBay cigar case that sparked a £16,000 bid’, ATG No 2669).

As the gift-giving season arrives, jewellery seldom disappoints. Pictured here are a range of antique and vintage jewels coming up for sale in the next couple of weeks, all with estimates under £1500.

A recent sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (26% buyer’s premium) in Exeter included a late 15th century Italian manuscript that is thought to be a codex unicus.

Braxton joins newcomers at a market with 32 dealers and a waiting list

The National Horseracing Museum (NHRM) in Newmarket has put on display a portrait of Charles II which it bought at auction this year.

A pair of pistols that were presented by Napoleon just six weeks after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo are on offer in Thomas Del Mar’s sale of Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria on December 4.

ForgeLynch (Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch) is getting into the Christmas spirit with an exhibition called Gifts from the Ancient World. It will be held at its Pall Mall office in London from 10am-6pm, December 2-6.

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.

For the past 33 years Andrew Singleton has sold antiques from his shop in Yoxford near the Suffolk coast. He moved out in May this year.

Maryland auction offers a fascinating collection of Chinese porcelain intended for foreign markets

Lot number four, estimated at €8000-10,000, achieved the most spectacular result at Van Ham’s (2 7% buyer ’s premium) sale of paintings on November 14 in Cologne.

A single-owner collection of Antiquities & Oddities offered without reserve by Shapiro Auctions 30/29/18.9% buyer’s premium) in Mamaroneck, New York included several fine South American objects made in the Spanish colonial era.

A large and historic view of Bilbao in Spain was among the lots bringing competition at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (26% buyer’s premium) of Exeter.

A pocket watch presented by Titanic survivors to a captain who helped save over 700 passengers has made a record for any piece of Titanic memorabilia, hammering down for £1.31m at Henry Aldridge & Son (22/20/15% buyer’s premium).

Dickinson Gallery has announced the rediscovery and unveiling of an unfinished portrait of Oliver Cromwell, painted by his favourite artist, Robert Walker, probably around 1649-55.

While the buying audience still loves its brand names and big stones, jewellery with a narrative is a strength of the market

Lesley Ayres organises the monthly 20-year-old 'Ilkley Antiques Fair' which she has run since 2019. The next is on Sunday, December 1, at the Clarke Foley Community Hub in the North Yorkshire town.

Booming regional auction house points to experience and contacts as key to source high calibre works