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Special report on Masterpiece and TEFAF Maastricht – both held in summer this year

Besch Cannes Auctions holds its summer sale series in Cannes from August 13-16.

Another high price for Helen Bradley (1900-79) came at Cheshire saleroom Wilson55 (22% buyer’s premium) last month.

Sold for $2m (£1.62m) in a major and hugely successful comics sale held by Heritage (20% buyer’s premium) of Dallas was an original cover artwork produced in 1986 by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1.

An example of 19th century archaeological revivalist jewellery was one of the best-sellers in the July 8-10 auction at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries (20% buyer’s premium).

This early 18th century detailed terracotta by the Italian sculptor Angelo de Rossi (1671-1715), which was also pictured and discussed in ATG No 2547, came up for auction at Corbeil-Essonnes near Paris on June 18.

Famous Berkshire racecourse hosts new event featuring 60 high-end dealers

Mainland Chinese buyers bidding on jade, porcelain, wooden and textile offerings dominated the leader board at an Asian & Islamic sale at Cheltenham.

Three lots at Tennants’ (22% buyer’s premium) traced the history of Stan Dodds (1928-2012) – the first and foremost of the Critters.

Works by William Ratcliffe (1870- 1955) are pretty rare on the market and, when they do turn up, they tend to appear at London auctions.

When a new client with an interest in Roman marbles visited Charles Ede at TEFAF, they liked what they saw but thought they would come back.

Two case studies reveal the kind of challenges the art trade has to tackle

The reassuring news from the East began with the first lot offered at Cheffins’ (24.5% buyer’s premium) Fine Sale when 10 China-based bidders competed for a Republican-era porcelain Putai.

On Friday, July 22, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1725.00 / €1691.99 / £1443.31

Sealed examples with coats of arms, names, dates and places reveal a social history and give an ideal opportunity for genealogical research

A strong price for a porringer that Arts & Crafts designer Charles Robert Ashbee produced for the Guild of Handicraft was achieved in a Decorative Arts auction held in Cincinnati.

A collection of glassware by the Moser company is to be offered by Neue Auctions in Ohio on July 30.

It’s time to pit your art and antiques brains against the ATG giant prize crossword. The winner will receive a bottle of Fortnum & Mason prosecco.

The artists’ enclave of Newlyn in Cornwall was not exclusively a colony of painters.

This sealed and dated onion in olive green glass, below, comes with a handwritten scrap of paper inscribed 'George found [this bottle] when he dived into the Thames at Windsor'. The seal reads 'S Slater 1710'.