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Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002) remains the most established name on the secondary market when it comes to modern Indian pictures.

A model of Nelson’s flagship Victory made by French prisoners-of-war a few years before the Battle of Trafalgar which was later given to Margaret Thatcher has sold for a £92,000 hammer price.

A portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) will be offered at Christie’s this summer.

A fraudster who tried to sell stone sculptures with false provenance through Sotheby’s has been sentenced after a three-and-a-half year investigation by the Met Police’s Art and Antiques Unit.

A jewel associated with an ancient Irish family has come on the market in London.

Returning to Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, the London Map Fair is known as the largest antique map fair in Europe.

Buyers from overseas helped sales boom at the latest Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair this month.

Dealers at the latest The Decorative Fair in Battersea Park were praising the opening day as one of their best.

A pair of late Medieval Royal heraldic embroideries with a Spanish connection will be offered at Bonhams on July 2 with a £200,000-300,000 estimate.

While a bountiful Cedric Morris still life was the headline lot at Lyon & Turnbull’s (27/26% buyer’s premium) latest Modern Made sale, it wasn’t the only flower painting that drew keen interest at the auction.

The latest Movers & Shakers round up includes new homes for Redfern Gallery and Lucius Books