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Asian Art in London (AAL), the umbrella event that brings together dealers and auction houses in the common aim of promoting the UK’s capital as a market centre for Asian works of art, returns for its 28th edition.

By the 15th century the mechanical clock age had dawned but time had not entirely been called yet on the sundial.

It’s no exaggeration to describe James as a legend of the antiques trade.

Harry Clarke was also a books illustrator and works on paper specialist, as a recent Dublin sale underlines

A selection of upcoming auction highlights

The opportunity to obtain a ‘Kew A Certificate’ did not just attract local British makers but drew in Rolex as well.

The oeuvre of the Alsatian painter Sebastian Stoskopff (1597-1657) is far from extensive. Only some 60 of his works are thought to exist, of which 26 are signed and 10 dated.

Falling-ball or falling-globe clocks are great horological rarities; only about 30 examples are thought to have survived since their construction in the second half of the 17th century.

Dealers in precious metals temporarily suspended trade last week as global gold and silver prices rose higher.

A group of benches consigned by The National Gallery took more than seven times their top estimate at auction in Billingshurst.

Victorian silver novelties do not come much better than this claret jug by top London maker Robert Hennell (1826-91).

The British Museum is trying to raise funds to buy a £3.5m gold pendant discovered by a metal detectorist in a field in Warwickshire in 2019.

Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes is establishing a dedicated ceramics and glass department, after appointing specialist valuer and cataloguer Clare Durham.

The latest Library Sale at Cheffins in Cambridge included a rare French map documenting the campaign of ‘Charles Edward Prince de Galles’ in 1745-46.

A collection of banknote essays, designs and specimens from engraving and printing firm Bradbury Wilkinson & Company comes for sale at Special Auction Services in Newbury on November 27.