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A George III mahogany china cabinet became one of the most expensive pieces of English furniture ever sold when it took $2.2m (£2m) during the opening salvos of Christie’s New York sale of the Ann and Gordon Getty collection.

A microscope used by Joseph Banks (1743-1820) on Captain Cook’s first Voyage of Discovery (1768-71) is going under the hammer estimated at £30,000-50,000 on November 1.

A vast collection of Royal Worcester porcelain put together by an Australian couple during frequent trips to UK dealers and auction houses is up for sale next month.

Despite wider economic uncertainty, prices for LS Lowry (1887-1976) seem to keep on rising.

The sale of Silver and Objects of Vertu at Bonhams Knightsbridge on October 20-21 was topped by a multi-estimate bid for a remarkable flatware service by Tiffany.

A Chinese jardiniere once used as a fish bowl by Horace Walpole (1717-97) is to return to his Strawberry Hill home.

While many US museums display portraits of famous Patriots from the War of Independence, especially the likes of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Nathanael Greene, pictures of Loyalists are less common in their collections.

The original moulds from the Troika Pottery, kept in storage since the 1980s, come to auction at the end of this month.

The owners of the Chelsea Antiques and Fine Art Fair have postponed its planned November 1-6 event due to insufficient exhibitor numbers.

One boasted an illustrious ‘Fonthill heirloom’ provenance, the other a Hotung collection background

Icons of English furniture returned to the market when Sotheby’s Paris sold the contents from the Hôtel Lambert, a 17th century Parisian hôtel particulier on the Ile de La Cité.

An album of 19 carte de visite portrait photographs of Charles Darwin is offered in Reeman Dansie’s Fine Art auction on November 8-9.

A campaign to save the Victorian gas lamps in Westminster started by two antiques dealers has gained backing from The Victorian Society, its president actor Griff Rhys Jones and the GMB Union.

A ‘Victoria Cross’ for animals awarded to Rob, a parachuting dog who served with the SAS, has sold for a world record £140,000 at auction.

Two leading book dealers have come together to jointly buy the eponymous William Reese Company and its 40,000 stock of books.

A little-known theatrical portrait painted by Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) towards the end of his career sold for £330,000 at auction in Dorset.

David Thatcher’s display of Japanese armour at Asian Art in London will be much depleted – but for positive reasons.

Premium-inclusive price in London just pips previous high for ceramicist Hans Coper.