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A sketch study by Pop artist Peter Blake is to go under the hammer in Cambridgeshire auction house Rowley’s.

There was some good old-fashioned auction drama at the Elgin Auction Centre in Morayshire on August 23 when two lots of loosely-catalogued tribal clubs sold to online bidders for a combined £46,500.

A 6ft high peacock sculpture by artist Geoffrey Dashwood has been stolen from a garden in the New Forest.

The British Museum’s Collection Online database is back up and running after a technical glitch forced it out of action this month.

A man from Sunderland who forged the work of local artist Norman Cornish (1919-2014) has been ordered to repay £1.

A painting by Canaletto’s nephew Bellotto has been saved for the nation after being acquired by the National Gallery in London.

A fine example of Grand Tour jewellery comes up for sale at Peter Wilson of Nantwich on September 13.

Auction house Sotheby’s is to scrap buyer’s premium – the fee paid to the firm by those who buy at auction – for its online-only sales.

A full-size replica of explorer Captain Cook’s boat, known as the Bark Endeavour, is to be offered at auction next week.

A simple inscription on an antique can lead to a fascinating trail of research revealing so much more than just the story of the item itself. Take a 10in (25.5cm) long knife coming up in the Chilcotts sale in Honiton on September 9, estimated at £80-120.

Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It, Day Time Wife, and perhaps even He Stayed for Breakfast may sound like certain late-night films common when Channel 5 first launched, but they are innocent titles from the 1940s cinema era.