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

Works by the Turkish artist Mubin Orhon (1924-81) can be a valuable proposition.

Letter from German mathematician to English scholar takes £14,000 in Edinburgh saleroom

Roo Irvine of Kilcreggan Antiques specialises in jewellery, silver and decorative items with a particular bent for Georgian glass, art glass and mourning jewellery. She appears on BBC’s Antiques Road Trip and Bargain Hunt.

Huge Lincolnshire business is among the firms that are confident for the future after a buzzing year

An eastern European picture that commanded bidding at a recent UK regional auction was a trademark painting by Polish artist Jan Lebenstein (1930-99).

While mustard pots and caddy spoons made up much of the silver smallwork in Anderson & Garland’s (25% buyer’s premium) silver sale on November 28 (see ATG No 2619), it did also contain one notable example of a Dutch miniature.

It is the final months of the major exhibition of Marc Chagall (1887- 1985) works at Alon Zakaim, where visitors can expect to see lovers floating through the sky with the occasional goat in the tradition of many of the artist’s most recognisable works.

A couple of headline lots, a scattering of rare and unusual pictures and one of the most valuable consignments of prints ever offered lifted the latest series of Old Master auctions in London.

The small German beakers known as monatsbecher (‘month beakers’) were made in sets of a dozen: one for each month of the year.

Pictured here are two fine 19th century presentation copies that, unexpectedly, topped sales in South Cerney and Cambridge in October.

Dealer Daniel Hadden is hoping for an early Christmas present with the sale of two tree decorations that once belonged to Queen Victoria.

London poster specialist stages two shows – one held in an embassy

Although originally trained as a goldsmith, Dirck Van Rijswijck (1596-1679) developed his own characteristic style using less rarefied material.