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Paintings of caves including a view from a Channel Island in the spotlight at two salerooms

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

Gallery relocations give London firms the chance to re-think ways of doing business

On Friday, November 26, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1809.80 / €1610.72 / £1358.44

The strong prices for Modern British female artists keep rolling on. Among the notable results in the regions recently was a beach scene by Dorothea Sharp (1874-1955) that was among the star performers at Parker Auctions (25% buyer’s premium).

Sometimes a little change is all that’s needed. Antiquities specialist David Aaron is moving from 22 Berkeley Square – to 25a Berkeley Square.

I first met Keith in 1971, when he became a customer, buying oak and artefacts from my stand in Nell Gwynn’s Cottage at Salisbury Hall, near St Albans. He quickly became my best customer, calling weekly and buying most of my new stock.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news that a copy of the US Constitution will go on loan to a US museum.

Four years after the publication of his book 'Fabergé in London', Wartski’s Kieran McCarthy has brought it to life.

Portraits by James Sharples (1751-1811) appear to make less money than you might expect given the calibre of his sitters.

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

Russian interest drives €125,000 result in Germany.

The German painter Rudolf Levy was born in north Germany, but was at home in many parts of Europe.

A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.

Star of the show at Dorotheum (28/25% buyer’s premium) in Vienna on November 9 was a large-format Venetian scene, painted by Luigi Querena in 1865.

Dealer John Swarbrooke will present his first exhibition at the Simon Dickinson Gallery, focusing on works from Lincolnshire artist Dominic Parczuk.

Amassed by the headmaster of one of Britain’s finest public schools, the Silk collection of Staffordshire portrait figures provides a fillip to an overlooked market

A late 18th century clock at auction in Germany has links to a French architect.

The game of golf (originating on the eastern coast of Scotland) and mauchlineware (the name given to a family of wooden souvenirs made in south-west Scotland over a period of a century) would seem ideal bedfellows.

An exceptional, expanded and specially cased example of Ippolito Rosellini’s 'I Monumenti dell Egitto e della Nubia' of 1832-34 topped the bidding in a Fonsie Mealy (20% buyer’s premium) sale of the library from Howth Castle.