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MADAM – I read with interest your article about the ‘Bradwell chess piece’ (News, ATG No 2470, and Letters, ATG No 2472).

Once dismissed as a mere Hans Coper follower, the studio potter is now in rising demand

Two Diego Giacometti (1902-85) bronze tables from an ‘important collection’ in Sydney appeared in a Paris auction after being consigned via an Australian saleroom.

Among the many tricks up their sleeves, magicians could use this crafty device made c.1940s by Jon Martin in London.

Cologne auction house offers fine selection of 18th century works made by both father and son

A recent fine art auction at Hansons (25% buyer’s premium) included a once magnificent Qianlong (1735-99) copper-red and underglaze blue lantern vase.

Petrol-themed enamel signs do not get much better than that made to promote British Dominions Empire Motor Insurance in c.1912.

Collection offered in Canterbury recalls the bizarre family life of Stanley Spencer

A 1633 first edition of Christopher Marlowe’s 'The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta' was a highlight at Swann Galleries (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).

My dad, known affectionately as Willie, died suddenly on November 9, 2020, the last in the line of three siblings, leaving behind Marian, his wife of 68 years, two children, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren – he was much blessed.

Among the successful lots in a History of Science & Technology sale held by Bonhams Los Angeles (27.5/25/20/13.9% buyer’s premium) was a group of five signed and inscribed offprints from periodical publications of papers and other work by the logician, mathematician and analytic philosopher, Kurt Gödel.

Our regular selection of previews from UK and Irish salerooms.

Digital export licences will be introduced towards the end of next year in a boost to the UK’s art and antiques sector.

The traditional pre-Christmas Old Masters auctions in London were something of a mixed bag this year.

A sledge and flag from the first expedition to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton have been saved for the nation.

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

Philip Thomas specialises in Post-war design and decoration and is one of the dealers taking part in The Decorative Antiques and Textile Fair’s Digital Decorative Gallery Windows.

More than 70 lots of classical ancient pottery were included in the latest Skinner (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) sale of European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

This Venetian scene by Felix Ziem (1821-1911) depicting boats on the canal with the city in the background, will feature in Nadeau’s Auction Gallery’s mixed-discipline New Year’s Day sale in Windsor, Connecticut, on January 1.