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Pairs of Regency sofas brought some very comfortable sums at two Scottish auction houses as the autumn season began last week.

Bonhams has relaunched its oak and folk art sales – this time in Edinburgh.

The collection of former Richardson & Linnell auctioneer Ian Aitken will be offered at Bamfords on September 26-27.

'Sky, Mountain, Forest,' a 1963 painting by Korean artist Ree Bong Sang (1916-70) was among the sales at the Frieze Masters section of the inaugural Frieze Seoul.

A flag from polar explorer Captain Henry Kellett (1806-75) has been barred from export in the hope £120,000 can be raised to keep it in the UK.

A family re-laying a kitchen floor in their home in Ellerby, North Yorkshire, discovered 264 gold coins stored in a small mug.

The art and antiques trade has been asked to help track down a stolen wooden sculpture from a renowned former antiques shop in Hampshire.

This striking unique bed was designed in 1935 by poet and patron Edward James together with interior decorator Norris Wakefield.

This scarlet and navy woollen cape sold in an Essex auction is sewn with the numerous cloth regimental badges that were given to Esme Kathleen Robinson (d.2017) by the soldiers she treated in Oxfordshire as a member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) during the Second World War.

An unprecedented collection of art belonging to the late Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, could break records as it goes under the hammer at Christie’s in New York this autumn.

A group of photographs, letters, documents and objects relating to early 20th century Thailand appeared in a timed online sale at Winchester saleroom Rushbrooks.

An unframed painting offered at a Norfolk auction was bid to 2000 times its high estimate when bidders detected in it the hand of an Italian Old Master.

The first Victoria Cross awarded to a civilian is coming up for auction at Noonans on September 14.

The Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair in Battersea is adding a new section dedicated to Contemporary dealers.

Two sporting ‘firsts’ are being marked by lots coming up in separate auctions this month.