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MADAM – Re: Hornby Castle Chair in the Bonhams Oak Interior sale (ATG No 2431). I have just returned from holiday to see ‘my’ old armchair staring out at me from the ATG front page. I thought you might be interested in a bit of its missing history.

The near dominance of Scandinavians among mid-20th century designers of wood furniture and artefacts was underlined at two sales at Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in February.

Textbook watercolour by the British artist takes one of his higher prices in recent years.

The artist Henri Jules Jean Geoffroy (1853-1924), known as ‘Géo’, was a member of the French Naturalist movement and was best known for his paintings of Parisian children and daily urban life.

Included in a recent sale of American and European paintings and works of art sale at Skinner (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) in Boston was this 7¼x 12¾in (19 x 32.5cm) oil on copper painting, 'The Dispute'.

The second Bristol Vintage Photograph Fair due to be held on Easter Sunday, April 12, at The Royal Photograph Society’s headquarters in the city has been cancelled.

MADAM – On May 5, 1821, the extraordinary life of Napoleon Bonaparte came to its tragic conclusion in Longwood house St Helena.

On Friday, March 6, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1687.00 / €1479.80 / £1296.80

Our weekly selection from salerooms.

Our weekly selection from salerooms.

Four years ago we featured the Grade-I Listed Cromford Mill at Matlock in Derbyshire, and most specifically antiques dealer David Walsh who had launched the Cromford Mill Antiques Centre on the site.

A lawyer acting for dealers and collectors battling to have the Ivory Act 2018 overturned has warned antique ivory owners they need to “prepare to sell quickly” if judges reject the legal challenge.

A sculpture that had previously been owned by Stanley Seeger’s personal assistant at Sutton Place set a house record at Adam Partridge.

An early 16th century ring found by a metal detectorist in East Yorkshire has sold at auction for £36,000.

A briefly catalogued 20th century painting, spotted by bidders as the work of the Ontario-born painter David Milne (1882-1953), raced to £38,000 at auction in Teddington. It had come for sale from Eaton Cottage in Thames Ditton, Surrey, with an estimate of just £100-200.

A new London branch of Messum’s launches in St James’s Bury Street this spring.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the death of François Tajan, the deputy chairman of the Paris-based auction house Artcurial, who died aged 57 after suffering from food poisoning.

Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a Trevor Grimshaw steam train.

Our weekly selection from salerooms.