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A new auction house backed by snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan is to open in a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Derbyshire next month.

The art and antiques trade is being asked to look out for a Lowry painting that had been consigned to now collapsed gallery Trinity House Paintings.

The owner of an antiques centre has warned others how to avoid being a burglary victim after £30,000 of jewellery was taken within two minutes.

A gilt metal cloak clasp taken from the apartment of Napoleon Bonaparte after his death on St Helena in 1821 has sold at auction for £10,000.

While modern communications would appear to have diminished the role of the King’s or Queen’s Messengers in the 21st century, the job and title remains.

Bellmans is holding its first Arms & Armour auction in Billingshurst on September 10.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Chorley’s conducting an auction of retail memorabilia from the H Smith Archive Trust

Two early furnishings by the Dutch designer and architect Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964) beat their guides at Wright (27% buyer’s premium) in Chicago, Illinois. Both came with primary provenances.

A cherished piece of golf history came for sale at Carlsen Gallery (20% buyer’s premium) in Freehold, New York, and commanded a significant sum.

Congratulations to everyone who entered our Summer Prize Word Search published in ATG no 2703 and thank you for the feedback; many respondents told us how much they enjoyed solving (or trying to solve) this new puzzle.

The enamel-faced Art Nouveau pewter clock shown here features on the stand of Morgan Strickland Fine Arts at the next Petersfield Antiques Fair, where it is offered for £2600.

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

It is with great sadness that we learn that Terrence Bailey has passed away.

Jacketless first edition, first impression of 1937 Tolkien classic takes remarkable and record result

Continental bidders out in force as south London saleroom offers evocative European views

French auction house Vichy Enchères set a new high for 17th century French painter Lubin Baugin (1610-1663) when it sold Nature morte aux financiers for a hammer price €440,000 on August 16.

The Scottish Art Dealers met in July at Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society, Edinburgh, one of the oldest golfing societies in the world founded in 1761.