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A 1911 oil sketch by Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) depicting his daughter Eileen astride a white horse generated plenty of competition at AH Wilkens (22% buyer’s premium) in Toronto.

Following the news that Clarion Events is planning to integrate the antiques fair with the Christmas fair at Olympia (News, ATG No 2695) I have to agree with the dealers’ concerns as expressed in your article.

Midlands-based Richard Burtonshaw, organiser of glass and ceramic fairs under the banner Premier Fairs, is moving south for the second of his three events this year.

The only known bass drumhead featuring John Bonham’s personal symbol – the interlocking rings that became his mark after Led Zeppelin’s fourth album – hammered at $70,000 (£53,000) at Heritage (25% buyer’s premium) in Dallas.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

A suitably psychedelic 1967 poster of Bob Dylan, designed by Martin Sharp, fetched £900 at the James & Sons (25% buyer’s premium inc VAT) auction in Fakenham on January 15.

The annual extravaganza in north London features 40 visiting traders as well as the regular shops and centre

Nine-strong collection of Georgian and Victorian games counts as a highlight of mixed auction

Pictured below are three fine silver and enamel cigarette cases dating from the turn of the 20th century sold at auction in recent weeks.

On Friday, June 6, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $5346.53 / €2949.75 / £2478.78

Now famous for a career of filling stadiums as one of the biggest and most successful bands in the world, Pink Floyd played more humble venues back in the day.

Our selection of lots from 14 upcoming auctions.

The popular dealer amassed an impressive array of items assayed in the city

Painted in 1857, 'Young Boy Blowing Bubbles' by John Thomas Peele (1822-97) pre-dates by a generation Sir John Everett Millais’ 1886 oil Bubbles (A Child’s World) made famous in advertisements for Pear’s soap.

From the late 18th century, Birmingham was the centre for the making of ‘toys’ – small decorative objects including boxes, nutmeg graters, buckles, caddy spoons, vinaigrettes and rattles, fashioned from silver.

After what Sloans & Kenyon (23% buyer’s premium) president Stephanie Kenyon deemed “furious bidding that lasted at least five minutes”, a textbook equestrian painting by Benjamin Marshall (1767-1865) trotted to a fine result.

A portrait of the late John Prescott (1938-2024) emerged at Hawley’s in Beverley, East Yorkshire, and was spotted by the former deputy prime minister’s son just in time for him to place a successful bid.

The many models of anthropomorphic primates that proliferated British decorative arts in the 1860s typically reference Charles Darwin’s provocative and often lampooned 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection', first published in 1859.

A recent sale at Shapiro Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) included a picture that would have been familiar to admirers of Spanish Surrealism.

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