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Both Christie’s and Bonhams brought impressive Chinese clocks to market in July.

Rare daguerreotype photographs of Sir John Franklin and his fellow senior officers of the ill-fated expedition on board Erebus and Terror have been rediscovered and will be offered at auction by Sotheby’s.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a single-owner collection of Louis Wain ceramic cats coming to auction at Kinghams.

Les Enluminures offers a European emerald and enamel solitaire ring, c.1680-1720, at the second edition of Frieze Seoul.

The precursor to the Woolley & Wallis Fine Jewellery sale on October 25 is a single-owner catalogue devoted to the collection of Jean Louis Chameroy (1946-2020).

By the mid-18th century, as the fashion for the pannier dress reached its peak, some women wore dresses measuring 7ft (2.13m) wide.

Extensive selection of the long-running cricket guides on offer at auction runs up a market test

This stoneware cream glaze vase, c.1960, by Bernard Leach (1887- 1979) is included in the programme of exhibitions at Willoughby Gerrish this autumn.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

The September 12 Important Jewellery auction at Hindman in Chicago includes this Art Deco diamond, jade, cabochon emerald and enamel brooch mounted in platinum.

A recently rediscovered oil sketch of Willy Lott’s House by John Constable (1776-1837) will be offered at auction in the Channel Islands this month.

Dent and Co is one of the bestknown names in English horology with a long history of precision clock and watch making.

Jewellery from the estate of Ella Naper (1886-1972) was offered at Lay’s (21% buyer’s premium) in Lanner, Cornwall on August 10-11.

This set of 36 cards is an early edition of what became known as 'Petit Etteilla' cartomancy (fortune-telling) cards.

These boxed hollow-cast figures of Peter Pan and Captain Hook in a sword fight were made by Sacul in the early 1950s to coincide with the Walt Disney movie release.

Here we take a look at markets in south London, Brighton and Cardiff

Sorry to hark back to this subject again – ivory – but what brought it to the fore again is an article in ATG No 2607 about British Museum items on eBay.

On Friday, September 1, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1946.77 / €1789.65 / £1532.89

‘Wristlets’ bridged the gap as pocket watches transitioned into the modern wristwatch during the Great War but had a significant design flaw in the hinged cover still in place.

The Cartier Love Bracelet – the plain gold band with screwheads to lock it around the wearer’s wrist – has become one of the most recognised pieces of modern jewellery.