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A selection of stand-out lots coming up at a variety of auctions

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of an exhibition on William Morris and his daughter May Morris’ visits to Iceland.

Our regular listing of books and works on paper sales

Designs promoting exhibitions can be a great way to collect on a tight budget

ATG takes a whistlestop tour of the globe via the greatest recent collection of colour plate travel and costume books

Two quite different pieces of glass designed by Dino Martens (1894-1970) led the April 23 sale at Aste di Antiquariato Boetto (25% buyer’s premium) in Genoa.

A rare lobby card for The Mummy was brought to life at an auction in Los Angeles

An oil on canvas of a German scene was probably on display at Louis Comfort Tiffany's Long Island home, sold in the 1940s.

A large shark and tarot card reading might seem a bizarre way to bring visitors into a north-west London antiques centre but there is method behind the apparent madness.

A classic of the large blue and white forms of Yuan dynasty porcelain comes to auction in Spain

Current collecting taste means that Old Master paintings exploring the darker side of the human character can often find more admirers than more typical subject matter of Georgian gentleman or European landscapes. Works of the grotesque are particularly popular.

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

A collection of Nelson commemoratives amassed over 30 years includes pieces once owned by the man himself

A highlight of Apollo Art Auctions’ (20% buyer’s premium) April 27-28 sale was a trio of Egyptian sandstone reliefs from the Amarna period, the 17-year reign of the radical pharaoh Amenhotep IV known as Akhenaten.

Letters and postcard written by Antarctic expedition members were sent to New Zealand host family

Dickinson holds its first exhibition in the field with Renaissance artists going under the spotlight

Like all artists born in the 19th century, Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) underwent a traditional academic training, studying at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule (now the University of Applied Arts, Vienna) from 1876-83.

New Orleans art, antiques and jewellery firm MS Rau is expanding and will open a second seasonal location in Colorado, on June 6.

The sale at Hargesheimer (28% buyer’s premium) on April 18 included an outstanding Russian icon and oklad by Orest Kurlyukov.

Former premises rescued as unholy messes are proving ideal for new use as atmospheric settings for antiques shops