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Christie’s sale Charlie Watts: Gentleman, Collector, Rolling Stone combined stardust with an extraordinary library of modern first editions.

What has been billed by Phillips as ‘the most exceptional and significant group of works by Lucie Rie and Hans Coper to ever come to auction’ will be offered in London on November 1.

Following examination by a committee of experts and testing at Goldsmiths Hall, an Elizabethan silver and porcelain goblet comes to auction.

LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair returned after a four-year break with visitors beating a path to Mayfair pushing footfall up 30% on the preview day (September 26) compared with the 2019 fair.

The sale at Moore Allen & Innocent on October 11-12 includes a series of personal items relating to William Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837).

A new auction house has been launched in Derbyshire by former dealer Irita Marriott.

The British Museum has begun a series of measures to try to recover the 2000 jewellery items that were stolen from its collection.

The University of Leeds Libraries has bought the earliest known book about cheese making in Britain.

A picture of Kelmscott Manor painted when it was the home of William and Jane Morris is returning to the house after it was acquired for The Society of Antiquaries of London.

An elaborate Victorian meerschaum pipe stood out at a recent Surrey sale.

Auction houses and art dealers are warned to be prepared for visits from HM Revenue & Customs officials checking anti-money laundering procedures.

Wotton Auction Rooms has a new ownership structure as Joseph Trinder re-joins the business.

Hindman will hold its first sales in New York with a series of single-owner auctions from October 18-26.

Fancy an opportunity to view a treasure trove of classical friezes, Grand Tour discoveries, textiles and drawings in an ornate Notting Hill home?

The name of a new Iron Age ruler or king has been discovered on a coin dug up in a field in the Test Valley, Hampshire.

One of the largest private collections of material on the Suffragette movement will be sold next month.