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An unusual entry to the latest Silver & Objects of Vertu sale at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury was this 5in (13cm) silver and mixed metal tea caddy by Tiffany & Co.

A controversial Second World War poster by renowned designer Abram Games (1914-96) has sold for what is believed to be an auction record.

On Friday, July 19, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1437.05 / €1277.22 / £1148.06

Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales at £1500 or under, including a watercolour by a designer better known for Arts & Crafts jewellery.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

These two posters which will be offered for sale by Swann Auction Galleries in New York on August 7 illustrate the convoluted history of the Olympic Games during the Second World War era.

Upcoming fairs in Scotland in the spotlight.

It’s time to pit your arts and antiques brains against the ATG giant prize crossword.

Eanger Irving Couse oil painting of Native American is his first work to be offered in a British saleroom.

In a relatively short period from 1959-64, the Spanish-Italian Realist Xavier Bueno (1915-79) created his most recognisable works: a series of melancholic and haunting portraits of children. For Bueno these ‘Bambini’ portraits symbolised a “humiliated and oppressed humanity”.

A north-west Persian carpet in the Esfahan style c.1700, offered for a price in excess of €30,000 by Massoud Milani from Paris, was one of the leading sales at the first HALI Fair in London’s Mall Galleries.

Collection from grandson of director of the famous Duvelleroy firm is offered in Paris.

This gold, enamel and diamond tiger orchid brooch offered by Belgian auction house Haynault of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre last month was made by Tiffany c.1890.

Auction firms in France have been releasing their ‘Bilans’ or sales figures for the first half of 2019.

Alongside traditional examples of furniture, pictures, jewellery and works of art, Jack-Philippe Ruellan’s July 27 Summertime à Vannes auction will feature plenty of items associated with the local area: paintings showing views of Brittany and examples of its well-known Quimper pottery.

The Flemish post-Impressionist Emile Claus (1849-1924) embraced the prevailing taste for plein-air painting when he moved to the village of Astene by the river Lys in 1883.

Our listing of British and Irish book auctions taking place from July 23-August 3, 2019.

Items on offer reflect collecting ethos of the annual London fair now in its 10th year.