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A new auction record for the Wade factory was set by Potteries Auctions in Stoke-on-Trent when this monumental 3ft 10in (1.15m) high figure made for the 1951 Festival of Britain sold at £4200.

An early book on cricket from the library of commentator John Arlott has been acquired for the British Library from London dealership Peter Harrington.

A fragmentary shabti with a cartouche for the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten proved a highlight of Bonhams’ latest Antiquities sale.

French auction business Drouot Group has sold a 30% stake to fund digital expansion.

Bonhams reported its best-ever first-half results boosted by a buying spree of fellow auction houses in 2022.

A large stoneware vessel by studio potter John Ward (1938- 2023) sold for £35,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) as part of a private collection of his work offered by Dreweatts on July 11.

Christie’s reported total sales of $3.2bn (£2.5bn) for the first half of 2023, down 23% on the same period the previous year.

The latest Old Master auctions in London posted the highest total for a series in this category in the capital since 2017.

Tribal Art London (TAL) is to take place in person this autumn thanks to the organisers of The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair stepping in with a venue.

Although the mid-week sales at US auction house Stair Galleries typically focus on affordable property, there are some exceptions.

Exhibitors taking part in London Art Week attracted visits from major museums including The Getty, British Museum, Museum of London, Museum of the Home, National Portrait Gallery and major US museums from San Francisco to Houston and Chicago to Baltimore.

A new auction record for netsuke – over three times the previous high – has been set in France.

The flagship London summer sales were the first to take place since the major auction houses all raised their buyer’s premiums in the first half of 2023.

Underwear soars above estimate at a Richard Winterton auction

Another tranche of items from the Dudley Ollis collection of playing cards was offered at a recent Dominic Winter auction.

A relief sculpture by Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720) which has been identified as depicting Louis, Grand Dauphin, is on the market for £1.5m.