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More than 400 lots were offered in Holkham Hall's attic sale held on the premises at the Earl of Leicester's north Norfolk residence

Vintage costume specialist Kerry Taylor has sold the private collection of Napoleonic and Regency dress formed over the last two decades by Cristina Barreto and Martin Lancaster.

A complete set of 'Careless Talk Saves Lives' posters by Punch cartoonist Fougasse (1887-1965) appeared at Jones & Jacob in Oxfordshire

Panter and Hall are hosting an exhibition of Swedish painters in its Pall Mall gallery, the first of its kind in a London dealership for many decades.

A letter from Mary I (1516-1558) to privy councillor William Paget on the outbreak of Wyatt's Rebellion doubled its lower estimate at Edinburgh auction house Lyon & Turnbull.

A sale of costumes from the Royal Opera House featured examples from a swathe of famous productions

A market fresh picture by the artist-plantsman Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889-1982) has emerged at auction in Cambridge.

Sir Alfred James Munnings (1878-1959) was one of England's finest painters of horses and an outspoken critic of Modernism. He is currently the subject of a new show in Devon.

Two English Delftware plates, described on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow a decade ago as “as rare as you can get”, went under the hammer at Woolley & Wallis on February 5.

A decorative 18th century map showing the estate of an influential Gloucestershire family made 10 times its estimate at a recent Dominic Winter sale.

With estimates from £80, here are five previews of upcoming items