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A sapphire intaglio ring coming up for sale in Salisbury this week has been recognised as one of the Marlborough gems. At the eleventh hour, and after a deluge of interest, the ring, with its octagonal faceted stone carved with the bust of a Roman emperor (probably Julius Caesar), has been re-catalogued.

The classic ‘orange’ Pulcini glass bird is deemed the most common of the five designed by Pianon.

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

Saved at the last minute from a skip, a collection of Aboriginal weapons drew worldwide interest at Martel Maides’ sale in St Peter Port, Guernsey.

An 1841 guide to London’s ladies of the night sold by Hansons for £3300 featured recently in ATG (No 2390), and one of the many rarities that emerged from the recent Gloucestershire sale of the late Martin Orsky’s library was a group of four 18th century broadsides advertising prostitutes.

A 2m-wide early 1950s sofa offered for £7000 on the stand of The Modern Warehouse was one of the larger objects attracting buyers at the latest 'Art & Antiques Fair Olympia'.

Far and away the highest result for an Asian work of art in recent sales in Germany, Austria and Switzerland was the spectacular price of SFr4.2m (£3.3m) achieved by Koller in Zurich for a Chinese bronze censer (see front page, ATG No 2397).

Since the late 1880s, opera fans have braved the often intense heat of the summer to visit the Wagner festival in Bayreuth.

A large canvas by the Taiwan-born British minimalist Richard Lin (1933-2011) sailed to £84,000 at Ludlow saleroom McCartneys (17% buyer’s premium), setting a house record in the process.

Tennants credited “fresh-to-market pictures with a strong provenance” as the driving force behind the notable results in its Modern and Contemporary Art sale.

Bamfords’ James Lewis has set a new Guinness World Record for the 'Longest Auction by One Single Auctioneer'.

A Colin Dexter first brought one of the higher bids at Keys (20% buyer’s premium) of Aylsham in its June 13-14 sale.

Peter Card’s fascination with this niche area stretches to the joy of extensive research

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the auction of sporting memorabilia seized from three-times Wimbledon champion Boris Becker finally taking place.

Two musical boxes catching the eye and ear among the small vertu sections at summer silver sales.

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

With interest high in vintage clothing, we ask fair organisers for their views on the market.

The Patriotic War of 1812 stirred up powerful feelings of national pride in Russia.

For three years now Forum Auctions (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) has, in addition to its high-profile auctions, been holding fortnightly, online-only timed sales that in their diverse content, it feels, act as a useful bellwether for the book world at large.

Denys Wilcox of The Court Gallery specialises in British and French art from 1880 to the late 20th century with an emphasis on English Post-Impressionism and the Paris School. He recently published 'The Art of Doris Hatt'.