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Theo Burrell died peacefully in earlier this month after a four-year battle with an aggressive brain tumour. Here four of colleagues at Lyon & Turnbull share their memories of the ceramics specialist

An 1860s musical manuscript by German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-97), entirely in his hand, came for sale at Lion Heart Autographs (22% buyer’s premium).

The new rules aimed to prevent objects of illicit origin from reaching the European market. Fred Clark, partner at Boodle Hatfield and arts and culture specialist, gives his expert view on progress 12 months later

Mark Burlton is a new antiques and collectables dealer from south-west London. He was previously a retail-focused international property adviser and ran Cross Border Retail.

Walter Potter (1835-1918) was an extraordinary Victorian.

Britannic was the third and last of the White Star Line’s Olympic class of ocean liners.

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

By coincidence, in the very week that a recently discovered work by Mozart – a previously unknown composition for harp and flute – was premiered in Paris, a piece of Mozart ephemera caused a stir in Vienna.

A portrait by Robert Peake the Elder (c.1551-1619) was the top lot at the Bonhams (28/27% buyer’s premium) Old Master Paintings sale in London on July 1.

Price Reporter brings you the latest prices realised at auction l0It appears here once a month to keep you up to date with notable items and their value

A previously unrecorded painting by Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) that “slipped through the net of all scholars” led the latest fine art sale held by Cambridge saleroom Cheffins (25% buyer’s premium).

Spencer Swaffer (Letters, ATG No 2753) asks for additions to his ‘glossary of dealer terms’. Here are a few more.

While Winnie-the-Pooh works by the renowned illustrator generate most demand, others for Grahame books are also very desirable

On Thursday, July 23, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold trading price of: $4099.58 / €3586.52 / £3059.39.

Dealers in St James’s and Mayfair welcome another chance to stage selling exhibitions across one event

Two notable works by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) from different ends of his career drew contrasting levels of demand at separate summer auctions.

A work on paper by Italian Baroque artist Pier Francesco Mola (1612-66) was among the lots bringing demand at Christie’s sale of works from London dealer Stephen Ongpin.

Italian adventurer Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806) first demonstrated his hot air balloon in London on September 15, 1784.

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

Latest auction results suggest the market is showing encouraging signs as new collectors emerge and others expand their horizons