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This first-hand document recording one of the most significant naval events of the Second World War was offered at Catherine Southon (20% buyer’s premium) in Surrey this summer.

As his nickname suggests, Wing Commander Sidney Baker (1918-2007) enjoyed the finer things in life.

Depicting Bacchus and Ariadne riding a golden chariot drawn by leopards, a monumental Mortlake tapestry led a small but significant textiles section at Dreweatts.

Over many years, Helga and Walther Lauffs collected American and European art from the 1960s-70s.

This large 19th century Meissen plaque with an allegory of summer caught the eye of numerous bidders at Metz (25% buyer’s premium).

'Doppelspindel-Rot', a monumental oil on canvas from 1967 by Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902-68), topped the latest evening sale of Modern and Contemporary art at Ketterer Kunst (25% buyer’s premium) in Munich.

Re: ‘Spout and single support - for what?’ Letters, ATG No 2503.

The sale of a Military Cross group of honours at Woolley & Wallis (25/12% buyer’s premium) of Salisbury marked what is believed to be the first time that the medals of a British prime minister have been offered at auction.

The near ubiquitous ‘Dead Man’s Penny’ of the First World War becomes a rarity should the recipient be female.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

A selection of highlights from four recently released dealer catalogues, including an etching of a 19th century tennis player.

A lawyer writes: Leaving client checks to others as an art market participant can be tricky

On Friday, August 6, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1799.45 / €1521.61 / £1292.90

A Texas sale generated six-figure sums for two very different lots.

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

As Brighton Racecourse is still being used as a vaccination centre, Love Fairs’ Donny Mann did a bit of lateral thinking about his antiques and vintage fair due to be held there on Sunday, August 29.

Letters written by Nelson to his wife make obvious his esteem for Captain Sir William Hoste KCB (1780-1828)

One of the prisoners to survive the horrors of the Changi camp in the Second World War was an art school dropout who later became a renowned illustrator.

A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK