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A “once-in-a-generation” collection of treen containing all manner of small turned objects, from a toasting dog to a decorated busk stay, was the major feature in a timed online sale of vernacular furniture, folk art and textiles at Bonhams Knightsbridge (28/27% buyer’s premium).

Albert Amor is hosting an exhibition featuring 18th century English Blue and White Porcelain until December 6.

Poster specialist Antikbar (20% buyer’s premium) offered a 10-lot collection of 1960s Air India posters featuring the popular comic ‘Maharajah’ character.

Bluerider ART was established in 2013 by Taipei-based IT entrepreneur Elsa Wang.

A pair of pistols that were presented by Napoleon just six weeks after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo are on offer in Thomas Del Mar’s sale of Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria on December 4.

Dickinson Gallery has announced the rediscovery and unveiling of an unfinished portrait of Oliver Cromwell, painted by his favourite artist, Robert Walker, probably around 1649-55.

Oliver Wood is the photography books expert at Shapero Rare Books.

Former Masterpiece fair chairman was particularly enthusiastic about antiquities

The French-American sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) started making jewellery in the early 1970s after she was introduced to the Italian goldsmith Giancarlo Montebello in Paris.

A US-based vendor cashed in when a portrait by Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) of his lover Evelyn St George sold at Sotheby’s for more than double the amount it had fetched less than four months earlier at a New Jersey auction.

A Dickin Medal – the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross – is expected to reach £30,000-40,000 at coin and medal auction specialist Morton & Eden in London on December 4.

Although the size of the collecting audience is changing - and the arrival or departure of just one or two committed buyers can make a significant difference to prices - British provincial wares can command decent prices.