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Strong provenance helps seated guardian figure estimated at £100-150 to stand out at Derbyshire auction

A large red earthenware jar from Siwa era (14th-11th century BC), bronze age China, is offered at Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair for £3800 by W Shanshan, one of a clutch of new exhibitors appearing at the London event.

Death at the auction is not normally seen as good news for obvious reasons.

Anthony Bernbaum runs The Peartree Collection specialising in Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau silver.

Tennants’ jewellery specialist, Jessica Fall, has not only passed her Gemmological Association professional qualifications with flying colours but has also won the Bruton Medal for best candidate of the year, and the Deeks Diamond Prize for the best results in the theory examination.

Auction consultant tells us about his own collection.

“I couldn’t have started collecting without the help and guidance of Robert Bayne-Powell (1910-94).

At ATG we always enjoy hearing about younger members of the trade making progress in their careers.

A wider interest in kitchen-related antiques sparked a specialist collection

Dickinson Gallery’s managing director Emma Ward and James Roundell have left to set up a firm with Old Master specialist Fabrizio Moretti.

Nutcracker collector and author aims to open a museum in his home country.