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A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a court ruling allowing the sale of Michael Jackson drawings to proceed

Family and friends regretfully announce the death of Robert Jackson Whitfield aged 82 (born 10 October 1941, died 2 September 2024)

Actress Jane Horrocks took to the rostrum at Ewbank’s in Surrey on September 19 for Diary of a Wardrobe - A Celebrity Charity Auction for Marie Curie.

A recent Vintage Posters sale at Swann Galleries (25/20/12% buyer’s premium), a summer staple of the New York auction house, was dominated by three large early 20th century magic posters, each hammering for $22,000 (£16,650).

Pulling out a suitcase from under a bed during a probate valuation, Dawsons’ valuer could scarcely have guessed what they would find hidden inside.

Large urban landscapes, lorry parks, shantytowns and thronging markets feature heavily in the work of Ghanian painter Ablade Glover (b.1934).

Of numismatic interest in the Swinton sale were two George VI silver seal matrices made for the County Palatine and the Duchy of Lancaster.

Fashion and textiles designer and former singer songwriter Pearl Lowe will stall out with some of her antique finds at The Vintage Bazaar in Frome on Saturday October 19.

The antique furniture world has lost one of its great characters and senior statesmen in David Pettifer who died on 30th August aged 94.

Aboriginal painter Namatjira’s evocative Australian work makes rare appearance in a British saleroom

Memorabilia collected by a founding father of modern computing makes for a remarkable auction

On Friday, September 27, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2664.59 / €2385.40 / £1988.50

Our selection of lots from ten upcoming auctions

This medieval (probably 14th century) small bronze cauldron or posnet is a recent detecting find, dug late last year in a field in Norfolk.

A medieval walrus ivory gaming piece, recently found by a Gorringe’s valuer in a sock drawer, comes for sale in Lewes on October 8. As part of the Interiors & Decorative Arts Sale it has an estimate of £10,000-15,000

Dear Sir, Re: ATG 2660, in the article Brothers’ business boosted by TV show you used the phrase ‘bartering at a brocante’.

Much of the market for ‘country house’ antiques is now in the hands of UK’s regional auctioneers. Here we review two recent bellwether sales.

A selection of 96 paintings from the collection of the Paisley Art Institute sold for £1.1m at Lyon & Turnbull on the evening of September 26. Just under a quarter of the institute’s historical holdings were deaccessioned in the Edinburgh sale titled A Taste for Art: Selected Works from The Paisley Art Institute Collection.

Wanting to create a new perfume for the modern woman, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel invented her signature fragrance Chanel No. 5 in 1921.

Dear Sir, The news that the dealers of the Dolphin Arcade in Portobello Road have been served with an eviction notice (ATG no 2661) is shocking and regrettable.