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Capping a strong year for the Indian art market, Christie’s has set a new record for any classical Indian or Islamic painting at auction.

A George II silver pocket microscope made by John Clark of Edinburgh c.1750 sold for £34,000 as part of the  sale of items from the library of Enlightenment era Scottish mathematician James Stirling (1692-1770).

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Salvador Dalí discovered in a Cambridge house clearance making £34,000 at auction.

The J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has purchased a Hellenistic gold box-bezel ring at auction, describing it as “one of the finest and best-preserved surviving examples of this ancient jewellery type”.

A group of woodblocks from artists Eric Ravilious and Tirzah Garwood that had gone missing for 72 years has been recovered and purchased by two museums.

A recently rediscovered early work by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) has sold for €400,000 (£349,000) in Vienna.

Art Deco was one of the main themes of LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair this year, with the design movement celebrating 100 years.

Phillip Segal Toys are very much rarities. He began production in Hampshire in 1938 but was halted when wartime restrictions banned the use of lead.

Event now in 13th year encourages dealers and collectors to choose items regardless of period or culture

The winners of the Asian Art in London awards were announced at an event held at the V&A in London on October 28.

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

A sale conducted by US firm Connecticut River Book Auction (15% buyer’s premium) on September 5 included a very rare copy of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s Le Petit Prince.

Woolley & Wallis (27% buyer’s premium) considered the Elizabethan bed offered on October 1 to be to ‘by far the most original to be offered at auction in recent years’.

On Friday, October 3, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of : $4019.01 / €3465.74 / £3054.45

The Kiryu Kosho Kaisha (The First Japanese Manufacturing and Trading Company) was set up by the Meiji government after the great success of Japanese crafts at the Weltausstellung 1873 Wien (Vienna world’s fair).

Doyle (28% buyer’s premium) set a record for an artwork by Mathilde, Princess Bonaparte (1820-1904) at a sale in New York.