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The Islamic and Indian Art sale at Bonhams (27.5/25% buyer’s premium) in London on March 30 included this diamond and emerald set forehead pendant (chand-tikka) from the collection of Maharani Jindan Kaur (1817-63).

Michael Harris signature piece sells well at auction alongside Louis Osman silver spoons set

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

Tribal art specialist Zemanek-Münster will be holding a spring auction on April 24 in Würzburg.

MADAM – I was interested to see the piece in ATG No 2485 relating to the sale of an ensign, claimed to be from HMS Medway Queen, by Bonhams of New York.

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, including both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

The binding is an early 20th century one, and the very last leaf has been supplied as an autograph facsimile, but on March 17 the 1578 first English edition of Rembert Dodoens’ A Nievve Herball, or Historie of Plants shown here was bid to £3000.

A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.

Good-quality campaign furniture has long been admired for its nifty portable designs, fine craftsmanship and rich provenance.

A spectacular parure of sapphires and diamonds, from the collection of Napoleon’s adoptive daughter, Stephanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (1789-1860), is for sale at Christie’s Magnificent Jewels auction in Geneva on May 12.

Kingham & Orme’s (23% buyer’s premium) first-ever specialist auction of Jewellery & Watches took place on February 19 with just over 200 lots.

This particular form of English delft puzzle jug, with its distinctive knopped neck, seems to be peculiar to the second half of the 17th century.

It is often said there is a strict hierarchy for the prices of game bird pictures by the great ornithological artist Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935).

MADAM – In September 1989, a valuable painting was left by my garage in central Cambridge.

MADAM – Can your readers identify the workshop responsible for this ‘Last Supper’ triptych of glazed tiles, set on a slate and mortar matrix?

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of BADA Friends returning to physical events.

The popularity of the tiara, that reached its peak in the decades before the onset of the First World War when diamonds from South Africa were in plentiful supply, has fluctuated across the 20th century in line with prosperity and fashion.

Tennants offered a well-received 70-lot sale dedicated to views mostly of Yorkshire from a private collection last month.

Jewellery by the Anglo-German firm Murrle Bennett, which thrived for two decades before the First World War, appeals today for the reasons it did in the early 20th century.

A recent Fine Jewellery sale at Fellows (23% buyer’s premium) in Birmingham included an unusual Victorian necklace.