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As the market evolves, auction rooms will inevitably come and go. But few will leave their mark like Christie’s South Kensington.

Dealer on a mission to establish such works alongside more ‘serious’ collecting fields

250 jobs threatened as venerable rooms fall victim to global review

Tennants’ (20/18.5/17.5% buyer’s premium) sale of Scientific and Musical Instruments, Cameras and Tools on February 17 included a rare brass altazimuth theodolite, signed by London instrument makers Heath and Wing. Estimated at just £300-400, it sold in its original box together with wooden tripod at £10,000.

Reaction from ex-CSK specialists to the announcement that the saleroom will be closing.

This 7 x 4in (18 x 11cm) enamel plaque in a silvered frame (right) by Francis Arthur Edwardes is the work of the Duchess of Sutherland Cripples Guild – the metalware workshop set up to aid and educate the children of the Potteries.

Much will depend on what the plan is for King Street and for the firm’s online-only sales (a growing but small fragment of the Christie’s business totalling £49.8m last year).

Private buyers hold strong in Dublin despite Brexit concerns keeping northern dealers at bay

This pair of daguerrotypes are by the influential English entrepreneur and photographer Richard Beard (1801-85).

European CITES management authorities published a nine-page guidance report last week following a decision to protect all species of rosewood.

Attracting new and younger buyers is the thinking behind Tennants’ (18.5% buyer’s premium) modern and contemporary art sales. Held three times a year, the auctions offer art by a range of painters and sculptors at affordable levels to encourage new buyers into the market, while also appealing to established collectors.

Estimated at £1500-2000, this rare English delft dish sold for £20,000 (plus 22.5% buyer’s premium) at Cheffins in Cambridge on March 8.

Prints of Dublin as it would have looked in the late 18th century starred in an interiors sale held in the same modern-day city at Adam’s (20% buyer’s premium).