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The first dedicated published study on the harvest jug tradition of North Devon and the West Country goes on sale this September.

This first edition of Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale will be offered for sale by Scammell Auctions in Adelaide on October 11.

This 1930 view of Boulogne on a misty day was painted by Albert Marquet (1875-1947).

Andrew Jones in Los Angeles is selling two single-owner collections in online-only auctions in October.

Lisbon firm Veritas is holding an estate sale of works from the collection of the Count of Póvoa, D Manuel de Souza e Holstein-Beck, who died in 2011.

Sapphire mining at the Yogo Gulch in Montana began in 1895 after a cigar box of pale blue gems picked from a creek by a local rancher found its way to Tiffany’s in New York, where an appraiser pronounced them “the finest precious gemstones ever found in the United States”.

A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.

Jane Sanderson of The Antiques Bazaar is a new exhibitor at The Northern Antiques Fair, which runs from September 30-October 3.

Cache of 17th century coins found during restoration of medieval home in Brittany

Baron Ribeyre & Associés is holding a two-day auction at Drouot in Paris devoted to a collection of enamelled advertising signs from 1900-60.

Dealer association LAPADA has announced a return of its annual conference and this time it is being held in the autumn, as opposed to its usual February date.

The career course of Edith Robinson (1862-1929), a London art teacher and painter of chocolate box watercolours was changed in 1893 when she and her new husband, the Stamford artist Nelson Dawson (1859-1941) attended a series of lectures given by the enameller Alexander Fisher.

After nearly a decade, jewellery specialist Joanna Hardy has completed her triology of gemstone books. The latest tome is Sapphire: A Celebration of Colour* which will be published at the end of the month. It follows volumes on emeralds (2013) and rubies (2017)

Works from the collection of Edward Croft-Murray (1907-80), former keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum, provided plenty of sale highlights.

Three very different lots brought six-figure bids at a Christie’s (25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) summer sale – and they were not the only ones to reach such impressive heights.

This bronze reduction of Kipkh (Circe) by Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal (1863-1931) set a new house record at Lots Road Auctions.

A legal dispute that explored how long it is ‘fair and reasonable’ to wait for a buyer to pay for a six-figure purchase has concluded.

The final consultation on the Ivory Act has been launched ahead of the near-total ivory ban coming into force in spring 2022.

Billed as “an audacious piece of performance art” by Sotheby’s, although viewed by others as a publicity stunt, the half-shredded Banksy painting Love is in the Bin is returning to auction with its estimate bumped up.