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Golding Young & Mawer has opened a valuation and consignment office in Leicester, to cover the Midlands area.

A collection of 64 vintage motorbikes and seven bicycles that a father and son have spent 50 years assembling and restoring is to be sold at auction in France.

A rare early 17th century bronze bust of a French statesman has been discovered in a French country house and will be offered for auction at Drouot in Paris in November with an estimate of €500,000-800,000.

With estimates from £200-25,000, here are four previews from upcoming sales this week.

An update on news from across the auction houses.

In a week where “an unusual move” might have described the protection of an extinct species or the sale of Sotheby’s (but didn’t), find out what was said in our quotes roundup.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a Chinese vase purchased for £1 from a Hertfordshire charity shop now recognised as a Qianlong famille rose wall vase estimated at up to £80,000.