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To mark its 130th year in business, long-running antiques and decorative arts specialist John Bly has launched a new venture.

One of the unusual lots in the glass sale at Dr Fischer in Heilbronn on October 16 is a mid-17th century wooden casket, the sides and top panel of which are fitted with engraved rock crystal panels.

Venerated as a champion of Victorian and 20th century ceramics in British art pottery including Martinware, Moorcroft and De Morgan and an enthusiastic publisher of 100-plus specialist titles that are benchmarks for dealers, collectors and auctioneers, Richard Dennis is appealing to ATG readers for help with two new titles he wants to publish.

Alec Walker (1889-1964) created Cryséde fabrics as a small experimental silk-printing firm in Newlyn in 1920.

Following two years of enforced online activity only, art fair makes its long-awaited return

Dynamic and gestural, this vast 5ft 6in x 11ft 3in (1.67 x 3.45m) oil on canvas, below, was painted by Gillian Ayres (1930-2018) during the 1980s.

A handful of collectors joined the competition when Mehlis (23% buyer’s premium) in Plauen offered a 19th century ivory and ebony chess set.

Post-lockdown fairs in New York, London and Hong Kong show increase in sales

A Richard Winterton (20% buyer’s premium) sale in Lichfield included this 1973 Rolex Explorer II which sparked international interest.

Numerous international bidders set their sights on a tondo by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1638).

Born in 1926 as Jacques Mahé de la Villeglé, the French artist Jacques Villeglé has had a long and varied career.

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.

Stamp and coin dealership Stanley Gibbons Group has begun a Chapter 11 process for its US subsidiary Mallett Inc.

Modern British artist Laura Knight’s lesser-known landscape works still form a significant body of work

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

From the middle of the 19th century, Parisian clockmaker Lévy Frères, which had established a workshop in the late 1820s, was a highly successful manufacturer of timepieces in the neo-rococo style.

On Friday, September 24, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1755.15 / €1498.13 / £1280.56

Auction house Bonhams has opened its first dedicated saleroom in mainland Europe.

Salisbury sale offered commemorative ceramics from single-owner collection

Most original British quad posters from the series of 'Carry On' films can be bought for sums in the £50-300 price bracket but a number of rarities exist.