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Our selection of 22 objects to view and buy from dealers online.

Spread over four days, April 30-May 3, a comics and artwork auction held by Heritage (20% buyer’s premium) in Dallas raised over $7.5m with every lot sold.

Several works by the celebrated master enamel craftsman Feodor Ruckert featured in the latest Russian works of art sale held by Doyle (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) in New York.

A Chinese blue and white vase achieved a hammer price of over £3m at an online auction that closed in Singapore last week.

The art and antiques sector could benefit from a boost by the UK government after the coronavirus pandemic when the focus shifts to growing international trade.

More previously unrecorded porcelain attributed to the John Bartlam factory of Cain Hoy, South Carolina, has emerged for sale in the UK.

International exports are predicted to return to growth following the easing of the lockdown in the UK. However, current art and antiques exports have slowed to a trickle.

A group of smuggled Mesopotamian ‘antiquities’ destined for collectors in the UK was discovered to be fake and seized by Border Force.

Our selection of 20 objects to view and buy from dealers online.

For centuries, China was a rewarding market for European clock and watchmakers who created extravagant timepieces for their Oriental clientele.

A selection of four 18th century drinking glasses appearing at auctions in May 2020.

Work thought to be by studio assistant is regarded as accessible alternative to famous master

Several surprising prices emerged at Geble (19% buyer’s premium) in Radolfzell on Lake Constance on April 25.

ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period April 30- May 6, 2020. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

A long time ago, a poster costing $1.75 launched a series of films set in a galaxy far, far away. Forty-four years later, that series has become the phenomenally successful Star Wars blockbuster and a rare example of that same design sold at auction for £4000.

A selection of stand-out lots coming up at auction

Two consignments of works directly from artists' estates added a distinctive flavour to Chiswick Auctions’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest Modern & Post-War British Art sale.

Among the interesting lots sold at Scheublein (26% buyer’s premium), in Munich on April 24 (a sale originally scheduled for March 20), was a 'Still Life with Basket of Fruit and Flowers'.

On Thursday, May 7, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1688.65 / €1564.99 / £1366.92

Extensive collection of books and other material comes to auction from rare book shop duo.