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A 9in (22cm) high vase Tiffany Studios copper and enamel vase sold for a surprise $20,000 (£14,800) at Roland Auctions (30/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) on September 21.

Kirkland Tellwright was Clerk of Course at Haydock Park Racecourse in Lancashire for 24 years, until retiring in March 2024.

A Vincennes soft paste porcelain bleu céleste pierced basket from the first Louis XV service sold for £25,000 at Chiswick Auctions (26% buyer’s premium) on October 13.

Focused on early 20th century, Art Deco and mid-century furniture and sculpture, Jacob Markies began working with his father Jeroen in 2018 and recently has taken over much of the day-to-day running of Markies Antiques to free Jeroen to focus on buying. The dealer will be exhibiting at the Classic Antique Fairs’ autumn event at the NEC later this month.

Cumbrian saleroom Mitchells (22% buyer’s premium) broke its own auction record for Percy Kelly (1918-93) this autumn.

Auction house Bonhams has a new owner and sweeping changes in the firm’s management team have been announced.

Charles Hanson has made a bold move to strengthen his presence in north Norfolk by taking on the whole team previously working for Bishop & Miller in Glandford.

Chiswick Auctions set what is thought to be a record for a Dunhill lighter when a silver and enamel ‘fancy shape’ pocket lighter and watch hammered at £19,000.

An oak and polychrome carving of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey’s coat of arms has been rediscovered following research by St James’s art dealership Simon Dickinson. The firm believes it is the “only contemporary wooden carving of Wolsey’s coat of arms known to still exist”.

Christie’s is holding a Chinese works of art sale in London this autumn – its first for five years. The online auction titled Art of Asia, including the Palmer Family Collection closes on November 12.

The identity of a mystery Battle of Waterloo black bandsman shown in a portrait sold at auction has been announced.

The second part of the Michael Baggott collection was a white-glove affair at Woolley & Wallis on October 22. All of the 120 lots offered in Salisbury were sold, adding a further £80,000 to the £100,000 hammer total raised by 152 lots in July.

A pair of late-17th century delftware shoes that were stolen six years ago have been reunited with their owner thanks to the actions of a Wiltshire auctioneer.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Christie's reporting a rise in its Modern British and Irish Art evening sale total with its new buyer’s premium now in force