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Two albums of photographs taken by fellow cricketer and friend pitch in at four-figure sum.

Revered in the world of railway modelling, the name James Stanley Beeson (1906-90), better known as Stan Beeson, attracted well-heeled collectors and specialist dealers to Tennants’ (22% buyer’s premium) sale on July 27.

Five works by Maggi Hambling (b.1945) will be offered at Cambridge saleroom Cheffins on October 27.

“Parker has created the first regular frames auction with a dedicated catalogue in more than 10 years. It is great to see.”

In 1936 society florist Constance Spry (1886-1960) collaborated with the stage designer Oliver Messel (1904-78) and the Fulham Pottery to produce planters for the coronation of Edward VIII.

Florentine pietra dura animal panels from home of art dealer Sir Jack Mervyn Frank Baer take six-figure sum.

The British Art Fair returns this month with a raft of Modern British artists including John Nash.

Dates for next summer’s London Art Week have been set. The festival of ‘pre-contemporary’ art runs from June 30-July 7, 2023.

This little-known theatrical portrait was painted in 1796 by Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) towards the end of his career.

Major sales marked the opening days of two London fairs, Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair and Tribal Art London.

Most watercolours by Violet Esther Drury Clutterbuck (1869-1960) tend to fetch a few hundred pounds or less at auction.

Sections catering to primary market Contemporary art are launching at the British Art Fair and the Decorative Fair.

Hemswell Antique Centres is now completely full with 400 dealers trading out of the four centres on the Hemswell Cliff site in Lincolnshire.

Doubling its mid-estimate to sell at £50,000, one of the top lots in a sale of September 7 was Paulo Forlani’s Il Disegno del discoperto della nova Franza…

A 1731 panorama of York listing 45 places of interest is a highlight at the Northern Antiques Fair.