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Historic dealership Mallett has been relaunched with furniture specialist Rufus Bird to lead the firm.

A new dealer brings works by female artists to her first fair as 130 exhibitors get ready for showpiece event.

While probably not made specifically for export, Chinese silver rice wine pots had arrived in Europe as early as the late 17th century.

This oil depicting the Acropolis in Athens by Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844-1905) was taken to £13,000 at Roseberys (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).

While demand for 19th century European art remains selective, recent sales have enjoyed good bidding on the ‘right’ material with appealing estimates

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Boole’s 1847 paper would ‘find widespread use in the design of computers and communication systems’

A rediscovered portrait of a leading figure in the fight for women’s suffrage has been purchased for the UK Parliament.

This copy of 'The Study of Sociology' by Herbert Spencer is a first edition from 1875 in original cloth.

The latest dedicated sales held by one particular auction house show how the value of Lalique glass – the epitome of inter-war glamour – is determined by its colour

Bay Malton and Gimcrack are the two most famous flat-racing horses of the 1760s.

Collectors of photography have an eyeful next month in London with three fairs dedicated to the art, both vintage and modern.

Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Omai, now to be known as Mai, will be bought jointly by The National Portrait Gallery and the Getty Museum after long-running discussions.

Cromwell Place, the South Kensington arts hub, has appointed Helen Nisbet to the newly created role of CEO and artistic director.

The team that launched 'Flea London' originally at Flat Iron Square and now at neighbouring Vinegar Yard at London Bridge are holding a second weekly market.

Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch made a series of sales to US museums at the recent edition of Asia Week New York (March 15-30).

The Collections sale at Bonhams (27.5% buyer’s premium) in London on March 21 included more than 70 lots of Regency porcelain from the collection of the Conservative party politician Howard Emerson Flight.

The Treasure House Fair, the new June event in Chelsea, has released its initial exhibitor list.

Subject to particular competition from Napoleon buffs at the sale of Books and Works on Paper at Chiswick Auctions on March 16 was an original watercolour sketch titled Funeral Procession to the grave of Bonaparte, 9 May 1821.

An early picture of Victorian artist Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73) working with his animal subjects has been reidentified by Belgravia dealership Bagshawe Fine Art.