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A cast zinc figure of Odysseus is one of the prominent works of art at the Prussian Sale that Lempertz is holding in Berlin on April 24.

Tapestry and textiles specialist S Franses is to face its landlord in court for the fourth time next month.

For the famous English socialite Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse (1902-92), appearances certainly mattered – and she was known to use eye-catching jewels to accentuate her own beauty.

More than 2600 online bidders registered for the sale at Van Ham (25% buyer’s premium) in Cologne on February 24-25.

Still Life with Autumn Fruit and Bouquet of Flowers by the Swiss artist Johannes Dünz was probably conceived as one of four seasonal paintings.

The Jonathan Cooper gallery was very amused to find these two window-shoppers taking a gander at one of the artworks on offer at the Chelsea firm.

On Friday, April 9, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1747.95 / €1471.10 / £1274.78

How a firm of importers brought Jugendstil jewellery to Britain – with the help of a little German efficiency

An eight-lot sale in New York titled A Family Collection: Works on Paper, Van Gogh to Freud raised a premium-inclusive total of $25.3m (£18.2m).

Tony Wittridge is so smitten with the antiques business he is opening in the grounds of Kyre Park, a large country estate at Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire, that he is planning a move to the county from Essex.

Manuscript demonstrating young lady’s educational achievements sells for £35,000

For the first time in almost 30 years, Wendl (21% buyer’s premium) in Rudolstadt was forced to hold a sale without a public view and in an empty room.

The highest price at the sale of Modern and Contemporary art at Döbritz (22% buyer’s premium) in Frankfurt on March 6 was achieved for a mixed-media composition by the German artist Thomas Bayrle.

Longstanding customers can muddle up the different roles of galleries and advisers

This copy of the Uffizi’s Medici Apollo (Apollino) is signed for the Italian sculptor Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (c.1716-99).

The Islamic and Indian Art sale at Bonhams (27.5/25% buyer’s premium) in London on March 30 included this diamond and emerald set forehead pendant (chand-tikka) from the collection of Maharani Jindan Kaur (1817-63).

Michael Harris signature piece sells well at auction alongside Louis Osman silver spoons set

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

Tribal art specialist Zemanek-Münster will be holding a spring auction on April 24 in Würzburg.

MADAM – I was interested to see the piece in ATG No 2485 relating to the sale of an ensign, claimed to be from HMS Medway Queen, by Bonhams of New York.