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Discoveries by dealers will be among the highlights offered at this year’s TEFAF Maastricht, opening this week.

Rare books specialist Shapero Rare Books run by Bernard Shapero is a regular exhibitor at TEFAF.

Fraser Short is gallery manager at Old Masters specialist Rafael Valls, one of the regular returning dealers at this year’s TEFAF Maastricht.

Carlo Milano of Callisto Fine Arts specialises in European sculpture, works of art and Old Master paintings, and is one of 10 exhibitors joining the Showcase this year.

A cache of art glass rediscovered during the contents removal of a house that had been unoccupied for several years came up for auction.

The Shang period (c.1600-1045BC) is the first of China’s many epochs from which written documents survive.

The Fifty Fathoms watch was born in the 1950s from the encounter between the Swiss firm Blancpain (by then using the legal trading name Rayville) and two French naval officers, Capt Robert Maloubier and Lt Claude Riffaud.

Improved security is one of the priorities at the fair after the shock of a jewellery robbery last year.

The 68th edition of the BRAFA Art Fair closed its doors to the public on February 5 with 65,000 visitors having passed through its doors, writes Anne Crane.

A huge collection of cameos bought by the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities) will now go on display at the museum in Leiden.

A large and highly decorated processional cross, 18 x 10in (45 x 25cm), from 13th century Limoges is among the highlights in Bernard Descheemaeker’s exhibition and latest catalogue.

Clock formed as memorial to Napoleonic general stars among contents of d’Estaing family home

Main and Middle East branch of the French museum revealed as the buyers of works offered in French auctions

Millon’s March 6 sale in Paris is its third to be given over entirely to the graphic (engraved) work of Pierre Soulages (1919-2022).

The Musée d’Orsay in Paris has acquired two large paintings by Giulio Aristide Sartorio (1860-1932) from Rome dealership Antonacci Lapiccirella.

At least five leading auction houses posted their best-ever annual figures in France for 2022, while others boasted exceptional sales during the year.

A group of eight Andy Warhol (1928-87) prints came to auction at Van Ham (32% buyer’s premium including VAT) in Cologne at the end of last year, including a few of his most famous subjects from documented editions of the 1960-80s.

Annual auction house results show strong performances boosted by single-owner collections in particular