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This is a selection of specialist auctions. Dates are subject to change as are the conditions under which the auction may be held. Readers should check with the auction house for further details.

The return of fairs as lockdown restrictions have eased has been a welcome boost for dealers, event organisers and buyers.

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, including both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

Forum Auctions’ Rupert Powell celebrates the easing of lockdown – and the firm’s fifth anniversary

London gallery devotes catalogue to items from the era to mark bicentenary of his death

How the livre d’artiste can combine words and images beautifully – and be highly desirable

How letters related to wars bring a connection that history books cannot match

After a long and illustrious naval career, it is a pity that Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell is best known for the circumstances of his death.

A selection of upcoming books, maps and prints at auctions around the UK and overseas.

These pressed Darjeeling ferns feature in an album compiled and mounted by Phoebe Jaffrey in 1882.

Art glass dealers look forward to the Festival of Antiques.

ATG interviews the new Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association president Pom Harrington

A brief history of maps designed to communicate ideas over geographical accuracy

Janice Kehoe established Solo Antiques in 2004 and specialises in Art Nouveau and Art Deco sculpture and glass as well as the Arts & Crafts movement.

On May 20 Hindman's Modern Design sale encompasses works by American and European designers including those from France, Italy and Scandinavia.

Medal groups awarded to two of The Few – the heroic RAF and Fleet Air Arm pilots of the Battle of Britain – are on offer at auction this month.

Most prints are closely connected with an artist’s wider oeuvre. A few good Welsh examples were on offer at Rogers Jones (22% buyer’s premium) in Cardiff on April 17.

Retired antiques dealer, broadcaster and author Jeremy Cooper has published his latest novel, 'Bolt from the Blue' (Fitzcarraldo Editions. RRP £12.99).

Convoys to protect merchant vessels have a long history in naval conflict. A letter sold at Kent saleroom C&T (22% buyer’s premium) in a timed Military Books, Ephemera & Photographs Auction reveals Royal Navy ships in action back in 1808.

Organiser tells ATG why the south-coast city is a great place for a new PBFA event