News in Brief

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the saleroom of Bamfords in Derby being closed temporarily after heavy flooding.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a record for a copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species.

Arrests have been made in relation to the theft of a solid 18ct gold toilet by artist Maurizio Cattelan.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a rare handwritten letter by Jane Austen setting a record at Bonhams.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Artcurial opening a permanent office in Marrakesh and holding sales at the city’s famous La Mamounia hotel.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an export block for a Joseph Wright of Derby.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including The National Library of Wales buying an important Welsh painting ahead of it being sold at an auction in Cardiff.

Art adviser and former Masterpiece London chief executive Nazy Vassegh is planning a new art fair in May next year.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the emergence of a rare Umayyad gold dinar dated 105AH (723AD) at auction.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Rowena Morgan-Cox re-joining The Fine Art Society in London.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including US auction house Freeman’s plans to move in Philadelphia.

John Biggs Snr is celebrating the return of his stolen snuff shoe. The proprietor of dealer J Collins & Son in Bideford, Devon, was reunited with the French ebonised item by the police.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including trade associations urging their members to apply for the required permit to continue importing and exporting with EU countries ahead of a possible Brexit on October 31.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of three antique tiaras from jewellery dealer Bentley & Skinner feature in the new 'Downton Abbey' film.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York consigning a collection of more than 300 Chinese works of art to Sotheby’s.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the latest development in a legal challenge to New York's ivory ban claiming it is unconstitutional.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a JMW Turner landscape valued at £10m being barred from exported overseas.

As of last week, UK subscribers to Antiques Trade Gazette no longer receive their weekly newspaper in a plastic wrapper. Instead their ATG is now arriving in a compostable wrapper made of potato starch.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the court award in a long-running legal battle over copyright between Heritage Auctions and Christie’s-owned Collectrium.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including two vetting chairman stepping down from their roles at the 'Biennale Paris' fair