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Rare daguerreotype photographs of Sir John Franklin and his fellow senior officers of the ill-fated expedition on board Erebus and Terror have been rediscovered and will be offered at auction by Sotheby’s.

A recently rediscovered oil sketch of Willy Lott’s House by John Constable (1776-1837) will be offered at auction in the Channel Islands this month.

Concerns have been raised in the antiquities trade that items allegedly stolen from the British Museum by a staff member and offered on eBay may start emerging on the wider market.

The Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia has a larger and longer staging planned for this year.

This Palissy-style ‘art of the earth’ basin is inscribed and dated 'Avisseau, Tours, 1856' for Charles-Jean Avisseau (1795-1861).

A wistful and chatty letter from Charlotte Brontë to her editor William S Williams comes for sale in California on September 7.

A large collection of porcelain from the factory of Samuel Alcock (1799-1848) amassed by a well-known literary agent is coming up for sale.

The Metropolitan Police is offering a Serious Crime Reward of up to £10,000 for information leading to the recovery of a Ming Dynasty cup stolen in 2019 but still missing.

This faded red-brown velvet cap worn by Alfred St George Hamersley (1848-1929) is believed to be the earliest rugby international cap to come to auction.

A group of 23 works by Sir Oswald Birley and his wife Lady Rhoda Birley which were previously part of the personal collection at their Sussex home will be offered at Cheffins in Cambridge on September 20.

Nearly 50 people are hoping to reclaim pictures they had consigned to failed art gallery Trinity House Paintings.

A large and striking 1920s portrait of a young woman drew strong competition at Dreweatts’ (26% buyer’s premium) sale of Anouska Hempel’s collection.

The Victoria and Albert Museum has bought the only known version of a vase produced by the Chelsea porcelain factory during its ‘Gold Anchor’ period.

Sailing way above expectations at Sarasota Estate Auctions in Florida was a diminutive English watercolour depicting the deck of a Royal Navy ship.

A single-owner collection from Lord Iveagh will be offered by Sworders at the Guinness family’s stately home, Elveden Hall in Suffolk.

The British Museum is investigating a theft of jewellery and has dismissed a member of staff following the discovery that items from its “collection were found to be missing, stolen or damaged”.