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A Picasso drawing found in a cupboard has been sold at a French auction house for €158,000 (£135,000) or €192,759 including buyer’s premium.

A collection of pop culture ephemera and football memorabilia found in a Cotswold bungalow was offered across 390 lots at auction.

The Chaworth Roll, a 14th century genealogy of the kings of England that includes the second-earliest recorded road map of the country, is on offer at TEFAF Maastricht this week.

A pair of monumental Louis XVI girandoles or torcheres attributed to Pierre Philippe Thomire (1751-1843) and dated to c.1790 were among the highlights of the first part of Christie’s Hubert de Givenchy (1927-2018) auction in Paris last week.

A round up of the latest hires across the US, Europe and Asia.

An early 19th century German Grodnertal doll sold for £2500 (estimate £600-800) in Tennants’ (22% buyers premium) Costume, Accessories and Textiles Sale on May 28.

The next PBFA online book fair goes live on June 29 with a wide range of dealers exhibiting.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

These two oak boarded chests, made to similar techniques four centuries apart, were offered for sale recently.

Among the places to see in and around Tunbridge Wells is the The Pantiles Arcade.

A collection from three actors will be offered in Los Angeles this month.

Dealer Ben Wright is holding an online exhibition of clocks.

A portrait of a lady in Japanese dress, a late work by Beatrice Huntington (1889-1988), is offered as part of Harvey and Woodd’s latest exhibition.

Dramatic rescue of 1916 was recorded visually by the polar explorer two years later

This Scottish Arts & Crafts brass framed mirror, above, is the epitome of the so-called Glasgow Style.

The thirties became a period when mass production and Art Deco style combined to power cars to new heights of usage and popularity before war intervened

In many ways the advance of online auction platforms has been good all round, and most auction houses have stepped up to the mark with good liaison with regard to condition reports, efficient billing, and shipping purchases at realistic prices. I factor such in-house shipping costs into my bidding.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

A selection of lots relating to vehicles opens Poster Auctions International’s sale in New York on July 12.

Bid to £4000 – 10 times low estimate – in a May 18 sale held by Tennants (22% buyer’s premium) of Leyburn were two albums of what were defined as grotesque-style caricature portraits.