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Treatise about painting was a unique version among pre-publication copies thanks to the drawings

This summer Liss Llewellyn is hosting an intriguing online show called 'Long Live Great Bardfield'.

This year, Munich auction house Ketterer (32/27/22% buyer’s premium) is marking its 70th anniversary and the evening sale provided plenty of opportunities for celebration.

On August 28, Glasgow auction house McTear’s is conducting a single-owner, single-subject sale titled The Art of the Biscuit Tin: The Lewis Collection.

Vases tell the story of an obsession to recreate a celebrated antiquity

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Viennese auction house Tiberius (27% buyer’s premium) recently sold the inventory of Laudon Castle, a privately owned, moated baroque residence on the outskirts of the Austrian capital.

Four fresh-to-market works by the Edwardian enfant terrible artist come for sale in Exeter

Made with oil and sand, this work by Italian artist Domenico Gnoli (1933-70) was taken to a multi-estimate £42,000 via a phone bid at Mallams (25% buyer’s premium).

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 round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the launch of a new series of dedicated sales at Lay's

Agnete Hoy (1914-2000) brought her own distinctive style to the ailing Doulton Lambeth factory, reviving the traditional decorative methods of earlier artists to make contemporary stonewares from 1952 until the studio closed in 1957.

Recent sales show the appetite for Chinese art from bidders with deep pockets is not at all diminished

'Freedom is in Peril Defend it with all your Might' was a British propaganda poster published by the Ministry of Information.

Appearing at a time of increased market interest in pioneering female artists, a portrait by Elizabeth Cameron Mawson (1849-1939) set a significant new artist’s record at Newcastle saleroom Anderson & Garland (25% buyer’s premium).

Nagel’s (29.5% buyer’s premium) first sale dedicated to Fine Arts and Luxury in Stuttgart obviously caught the mood of the bidders.

Highlights from the estate of Max Clendinning and Ralph Adron sold at Sworders

Our selection of lots from six upcoming auctions