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James Braxton is celebrating the launch of his second book. The antiques specialist published his first book last year.

Dealer’s art and antiques being dispersed at auction includes Newlyn School works and Clarice Cliff

Watercolour can be traced back to nobleman and antiquary who commissioned the illustrator Leonardi

Two auctions held in the region underline demand for the locally produced ceramics

One of the rarest of all of the 31 car mascots made by Lalique from 1925-31 came up for auction at Jeffrey Evans & Associates (25% buyer’s premium) in Mount Crawford, Virginia.

A collection of ceramics by the Hanley-born pottery painter Arthur Holland (1896 1979) comes for sale at Potteries Auctions in Newcastle-under-Lyme on July 12.

Reg Cooper, the dealer and former fair organiser, has died aged 86.

The presence of the author’s signature dramatically enhanced the value of a copy of Ian Fleming’s (1908-64) first collection of James Bond short stories 'For Your Eyes Only' offered at an auction at University Archives (25% buyer’s premium).

Chelsea Red Anchor period ‘Hans Sloane’ plates are named with reference to the royal physician, traveller, and natural historian who helped transform the Chelsea Physic Garden into a centre of botanical knowledge during the Enlightenment.

Swann Auction Galleries (25% buyer’s premium) recorded head-turning sales during its series of New York sales in May.

A French-inspired fleamarket that was launched in June in the small Shropshire town of Whitchurch proved such a success it is now running monthly.

It is with sadness that I advise the passing of a wonderful person who was also my client, Ray Haradin. He was only 60.

A foundation document of Western sinology appeared at Freeman’s Hindman (28% buyer’s premium) in Chicago.

Among the great Beilby discoveries of recent times was the emergence - from two separate sources across 14 years - of six small firing glasses decorated in red, yellow and white enamel with Masonic emblems.

Ceramics expert’s collection sold at auction included notable pieces made on Merseyside but also a Limehouse cup that proved very popular with bidders

British artist famed for The Monarch of the Glen also painted landscapes for his own pleasure

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a First World War plaque returning to South Shields after 50 years away

When William John Kennedy (1930-2021) and his wife were in the process of moving house in the mid-2000s, they found a box tucked away in the back of a closet.

A biannual addition to Sworders’ calendar is The Glass Sale - the first on October 28.

On Friday, July 4, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $3320.57 / €2834.70 / £2441.60