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Incorporating 40 coloured litho plates, a copy of The Last Works of Henri Matisse, a folio collection of 1958 issued by Harcourt Brace of New York, led a sale held by Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium) of Washington in West Sussex at £2600.

This mahogany inlaid bijouterie oval table by Victorian maker Edwards & Roberts is part of a large selection of antiques making their way to Cheshire this month.

Chelsea Antiques Fair exhibitors hailed renewed business with overseas visitors to London – green shoots from the much hoped-for improvement in tourism.

A drawing from Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s (1696-1770) Punchinello series is among the highlights of the contents of Weston Hall in Northamptonshire.

Fascinated both by their elegance of design and sophisticated cartography, Stephen Edell began collecting globes 50 years ago.

Edinburgh-made clocks that predate 1700 are rare.

To mark its 130th year in business, long-running antiques and decorative arts specialist John Bly has launched a new venture.

Alec Walker (1889-1964) created Cryséde fabrics as a small experimental silk-printing firm in Newlyn in 1920.

Following two years of enforced online activity only, art fair makes its long-awaited return

Dynamic and gestural, this vast 5ft 6in x 11ft 3in (1.67 x 3.45m) oil on canvas, below, was painted by Gillian Ayres (1930-2018) during the 1980s.

Post-lockdown fairs in New York, London and Hong Kong show increase in sales

A Richard Winterton (20% buyer’s premium) sale in Lichfield included this 1973 Rolex Explorer II which sparked international interest.

Modern British artist Laura Knight’s lesser-known landscape works still form a significant body of work

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Salisbury sale offered commemorative ceramics from single-owner collection