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A new benchmark for a Mouseman carving has been set by Tennants’ 20th Century Design department.

There was some good old fashioned auction drama in Ruislip on October 7 when a loose sapphire hammered for £332,000, a house record for any of the Adam Partridge salerooms.

Gloucestershire auctioneers Dominic Winter posted a new house record last week when a violin used by Albert Einstein during his late teens and early adult life hammered for £860,000.

Evans family collection of William De Morgan pottery brings keen interest at Martel Maides in St Peter Port

The 300th anniversary of the birth of the English radical journalist and politician John Wilkes (1725-97) on October 17 is being marked by a small exhibition featuring items from the personal collection and stock of dealer Timothy Millett.

In the midst of the Second World War, the German artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) produced a series of small sculptural reliefs on the theme of mothers protecting their children.

A classic early 1930s Mouseman recliner came for sale at a recent event held at Clevedon Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) near Bristol.

Just 30 figures from single owner collection offered in Cheshire saleroom rack up nearly £60,000 total

An original printing plate for one of the best-known images of the abolitionist movement emerged at a recent Forum Auctions (27% buyer’s premium) sale in London.

A roster of around 115 dealers and long waiting list demonstrates the importance of the Birmingham fair

Selected Items from the Lynch House in Kensworth near Dunstable, home to the Rubin family of dealers for nearly 80 years, was offered in Dreweatts’ Fine Furniture, Sculpture, Carpets, Ceramics and Works of Art sale on September 10.

Spaces at the recent Tuesday antiques market at the Kempton Park Racecourse were in high demand

Manuscript work offered in Nottingham covers contents of Georgian private museum in north London