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Another bounce in precious metal prices has led to more antique pieces of gold and silver being scrapped.

ATG’s selection of hammer highlights this week includes a reverse engraving on glass of Admiral Lord Nelson lying in state at Greenwich Hospital. It sold for 22-times estimate in Norfolk.

London Art Week is increasing its presence in the calendar and growing its digital platform with a series of events running during October.

The Welsh government has given auction houses the green light to open premises to the public this month.

Wearing a face-covering when attending an auction house in England will become mandatory from Saturday August 8.

A terracotta sculpture of Mary Seacole (1805-81), who nursed dying and wounded soldiers during the Crimean War, will go on display in the Florence Nightingale Museum after it was sold at auction last week.

The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (ABA) is moving its annual flagship event Firsts – London’s Rare Book Fair from Battersea to Chelsea.