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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.

Prior to the 16th century, tempera, a mix of egg and pigment, was the method of choice for most artists.

Dressing table sets are among the most frequently surviving elements of late 17th century hollowware.

Highlights from the The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper offered at Forum

In storage for a century, a remarkable group of Chinese works of art has sold for £870,000 at a south London auction.

Wind in the Willows illustration leads varied selection of lots offered by west London saleroom

Enormous slice of Soho culture and history features in gallery’s 25th anniversary show

Alan Old of So Last Century fair is going all festive with a two-day seasonal market set to run in Dulwich, south London, at the end of this month.