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An 18in (45cm) figure of Shiva Vinadhara c.12th century – £220,000.

“They were as bold, diverse, and brave as René Lalique and his peers had been in the 1900s, bucking convention and tradition to change the landscape of British jewellery.”

In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops and centres, ATG talks to John Howard of Antiques at Heritage in Oxfordshire.

A look at how specialist events at Knebworth and Solihull are now under the same banner.

David R Russell, a colossus among collectors of antique woodworking tools, has died aged 82.

ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period 12-18 April, 2018. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

A sale devoted to 700 lots of magic memorabilia is to be held by Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago on April 28.

MADAM – Last year readers may recall a Victorian presentation ‘ivory tusk’ dinner gong was removed from display in one of the Royal Collection exhibitions.

This 19th century French walnut chest of drawers, offered at Ewbank’s (22.5% buyer’s premium) Surrey rooms, sold at £5500.

A possibly unique Swansea ‘Chinaman’ pattern spill vase c.1816 is among the offerings at the next 'The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair'.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the appointment of Leila de Vos van Steenwijk as the new chair for Asian Art in London.

Alexia Amato specialises in antique glass and recently appeared at the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair in Battersea, where she exhibits three times a year. She has also stood at the Original Miami Beach Antiques Show.

Art Deco and Art Nouveau sculptures may be one of the categories most at risk under the impending ivory sales ban, but at the recent Antiques for Everyone Fair (April 5-8) a dealer in that field reported no change as a result.

Artist Mel Winning runs a reclamation business in the medieval market town of Manningtree in Essex.

MADAM – As a dealer (and collector) in antique needlework tools and other small collectables, I am dismayed and angered by the proposals for the ivory ban as outlined in detail in last week’s ATG.

Kensington Church Street dealer Simon Spero is to sell his personal collection of English blue and white porcelain at a special exhibition next month.

Sotheby’s has made a u-turn on its pledge to scrap fees for purchasers at its online-only auctions.

Even in the hugely popular world of SAS medal collecting, where extraordinary deeds and great stories are taken as read, every now and again a consignment will come along with that ‘wow’ factor.

Abbott & Holder’s upcoming exhibition features the work of two 20th century female wood engravers: Clare Leighton and Gwen Raverat.

An exhibition of works by LS Lowry (1887-1976) has recently moved from Peter Harrington’s Dover Street shop to its Fulham Road location where it is on show until April 28.