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Watches with provenance will naturally command a premium.

A mixture of leading artist, intriguing subject, ‘prominent’ background and perhaps a bit of speculation helped propel a portrait of an Indian figure to 36 times the top estimate.

Brand names are everything in watch collecting.

Although the late antiques dealer Maurice ‘Dick’ Turpin (1928-2005) may have been better known for his expertise in furniture and works of art, he also had an eye for a painting.

A fakes and forgeries seminar at Goldsmiths’ Hall is returning after a five-year hiatus as concerns emerge of a rise in Paul de Lamerie forgeries.

The wristwatch, which began to replace the pocket watch in the First World War, really came into its own with the production of bespoke ‘tool’ watches for submariners and airmen later in the century

A surge in websites selling ‘cold-cast bronzes’ – sometimes passing them off as original metal alloy sculptures – has led to calls for tighter rules to distinguish them from genuine works.

In 1969 the Rolling Stones were ready to go touring again after a gap of more than two years. Featuring a new guitarist, the 17-date tour in the US began on November 7.

A private collection comprising the signatures of every one of Britain’s prime ministers sold for £8000 as part of a designated timed online sale of Autographs and Memorabilia.

Rare prints from a remarkable collection deaccessioned from a library in Massachusetts came for sale at Tremont Auctions (24% buyer’s premium) on February 25.

The Paris auction houses will also be hosting plenty of sales devoted entirely or in part to works on paper.

Mark Hayter was a part of the Chenil Galleries success story in Chelsea of the early 80s, specialising mostly in Art Nouveau and Art Deco with wife Myrna and colleague Tony Coakley.

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

A professional diver snapped up a up a vintage US Navy diving helmet that surfaced in the middle of the English countryside.

One of the stand-out results at a three-day auction of a huge American book collection came for a very British lot.

A football medal sold at a Cheshire auction house was so early in date that it was only the 13th time the FA Cup final had been contested, the game was played at Kennington Oval and the opposition was a Scottish team.

Chicago sale offers more than 300 works related to the British author amassed by US collectors

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including dealers staging shows devoted to female artists at London Art Week

It may have been catalogued as requiring restoration but a “scarce” 19th century Korean helmet still managed to sell for 82 times its low estimate at Hansons (26% buyer’s premium).