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The vendor of this 1966 Mercedes W111 250 SE Auto Coupé won it in a competition.

Bid to £2800 via thesaleroom.com in a Forum Auctions (25/20/12.5% buyer’ premium) sale of May 5 was this seemingly very rare broadside published in London by James Catnach.

Cordelia Bourne is one half of Patrick Bourne & Co which takes part in London Art Week and Masterpiece this summer.

This Italian maiolica plate painted with a profile portrait of man and an inscribed scrolling ribbon comes from Deruta and dates from the early 16th century.

In many ways the advance of online auction platforms has been good all round, and most auction houses have stepped up to the mark with good liaison with regard to condition reports, efficient billing, and shipping purchases at realistic prices. I factor such in-house shipping costs into my bidding.

These two oak boarded chests, made to similar techniques four centuries apart, were offered for sale recently.

Dealer Ben Wright is holding an online exhibition of clocks.

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

Innovative marketing ideas are part of the package for a Norfolk event

Among the places to see in and around Tunbridge Wells is the The Pantiles Arcade.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news that artist Jenny Saville is a new judge for the BADA Art Prize.

A selection of lots relating to vehicles opens Poster Auctions International’s sale in New York on July 12.

This Scottish Arts & Crafts brass framed mirror, above, is the epitome of the so-called Glasgow Style.

A portrait of a lady in Japanese dress, a late work by Beatrice Huntington (1889-1988), is offered as part of Harvey and Woodd’s latest exhibition.

A round-up of news and events from around the trade.

A new antiques shop opens in listed 18th century building following refurbishment

A regular two-day auction of silver, art and antiques? Not at Whittons in Honiton, Devon, where the firm called its sale on June 8-9 a ‘Jubilee auction’ and auctioneer Ed Whitton donned a suitably patriotic jacket and tie to sell a good range of lots such as Georgian silver and Victorian jewellery.

Bid to £4000 – 10 times low estimate – in a May 18 sale held by Tennants (22% buyer’s premium) of Leyburn were two albums of what were defined as grotesque-style caricature portraits.

A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.