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London portrait agency Fine Art Commissions is celebrating the work of British war artist and society portraitist Simon Elwes (1902-75) and his great, great nephew Jamie Coreth (b.1989) with a new exhibition.

Sunbury Antiques announces that the main grandstand will be reopening for indoor trading

Along with its Summer Fine Art sale, Tennants held a jewellery, watches and silver sale on July 17.

Oli Barling began as a collector and is now a dealer from his base in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, and trades as Boula. He focuses on 18th to 20th century decorative antiques, rustic furnishings, curios and folk art from the UK and across Europe.

London Fashion Week is back from September 17-21 – a mixture of digital and physical events including the British Fashion Council’s famous shows at Somerset House.

Front page pair of £68,000 candelabra headed a varied auction with plenty of highlights

Chinese trick or surprise cups were made to deceive a drinker and illustrate the classical paradigm that modesty brings gain and arrogance results in loss.

The Fry collection sold at Chiswick Auctions in London was reminiscent of the kind of auctions the dealer himself would attend

Tribal Art London (TAL), the UK’s main fair dedicated to the collecting field, will be a virtual event this year.

One of the most-represented names in the Fry collection was William Henry Hunt (1790-1864).

Works by Peter De Wint performed well at both Sotheby’s A Fine Line auction on July 7 and the online sale of Old Master and British Works on Paper from July 2-8.

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

The central stone to this Art Deco seed pearl and diamond pendant is an elongated cushion-shaped pink sapphire, weighing about 25ct.

Blackdog Events, based in the Suffolk town of Halesworth, organises successful outdoor brocantes in the sweeping grounds of two stately homes: Riddlesworth Hall at Diss in Norfolk and Glemham Hall, near Aldeburgh in Suffolk.

Stamp and coins dealership Stanley Gibbons Group is pinning its recovery on a revamped shop and the relaunch of Baldwin’s auctions in the autumn.

Eight phone bidders competed for this splendid ebony and pietra dura table casket offered at a recent auction at Claydon Auctioneers in Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire.