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Bishop & Miller is expanding into Norfolk this autumn with a new saleroom and team.

A remarkable Sèvres part tea service made to mark the recovery of George III from illness in 1789 was among the unheralded highlights of this year’s London sales season.

A suite of solid ivory and gilt furniture sold by Christie’s on July 7 appears to be the first auction lot to benefit from the exemption to the Ivory Act allowing the sale of items of ‘outstandingly high artistic, cultural and historical value’.

It was rather thin pickings at the latest series of Old Master auctions in London.

The major summer sales of works of art included a boxwood prayer nut and Rothschild provenanced vases.

Despite appearing in a 1930s photograph held in the MAK Museum, Vienna, this wood carving of Adam and Eve seems to have hitherto eluded scholars of the German woodcarver Leonhard Kern (1588-1662).

Bonhams has closed its coin and medals department in London and specialist John Millensted will now work as a consultant to the firm.

The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) has appointed Ashley Gallant as its new managing director.

Topping the bill at Dore & Rees in Frome, Somerset on July 6 was this 2in (5cm) archaeological revival brooch by Castellani.

A good number of lots offered at Great Western Auctions (24% buyer’s premium) on June 17-18 demonstrated the demand that can emerge for works on paper pitched at attractive levels.

The queen’s menacing message to Protestant courtiers makes an auction appearance

Thomas Sandby’s (1721-98) architectural drawings are significant part of the artist’s oeuvre.

Ex-industrial premises have been brought back by firms relying on heritage interest

The US, UK, EU and other countries have directed a slew of sanctions and restrictive measures at Russia which have seen the closure, suspension or quietening down of operations in Russia by international banks and companies, including some major international auction houses.

Among the 20th century works on paper generating demand at regional sales in the last few months was a Keith Vaughan (1912-77) study of a group of bathers.

An expert view on how post-Ukraine invasion restrictions are giving the art market plenty to think about

For collectors on a budget, works on paper can provide a more accessible route to acquiring works by key artists.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Compared to oil paintings and watercolours, drawings by the Scottish Colourists seem to appear less often at auction.