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One of the star lots at an auction of African and Oceanic works of art held by Zemanek-Münster (25% buyer’s premium) in Würzburg was a dance mask of the Telei people in the Buin district of Bougainville, one of the Solomon Islands.

Sketches at the Time of the Commencement of British Intercourse with Japan, an album containing 76 watercolours and drawings and 126 wood engravings from the last days of the Edo period, sold for £16,000 at Dominic Winter (22% buyer’s premium).

A recent sale at Canterbury Auction Galleries (20% buyer’s premium) was led by this example of early English furniture: an oak aumbry or dole cupboard.

Two ceramics collections are under the spotlight at Albert Amor this summer.

An unusual 19th century gold watch by the Swiss maker Sylvain Mairet caught the eye of numerous bidders at a recent sale at Dr Crott (25% buyer’s premium) in Mannheim.

The artist Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938) was something of a jack of all trades. But contrary to the old adage, he was a master of many.

Two stately home car boots held for charity take place this month and next including the ‘biggie’ at Wilton House, near Salisbury.

Local landscapes by brother of the prominent Modern British artist Paul are now witnessing growing demand

A complicated astronomical carriage clock by Breguet & Fils, first sold in January 1826, went dramatically over the odds at Antiquorum (25% buyer’s premium) in Geneva.

A new auction high for a Moorcroft vase was set last week as the previous record holder returned to the rostrum.

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

Highlights from Geoffrey Munn’s personal collection of historical jewels now on permanent loan to the V&A

An early 17th century shaped linen ruffler, believed to be the only known example to ever appear at auction, was hammered down at £230,000 - 30 times its estimate - in south London.

A group of Alan Turing papers smashed estimates at auction in Lichfield.

Bonhams Skinner has moved to a new location in Boston’s Back Bay neighbourhood.