News in Brief

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the auction of sporting memorabilia seized from three-times Wimbledon champion Boris Becker finally taking place.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an alert being issued over bronzes stolen at Portobello market in London.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the theft of a bronze statue stolen for the second time in two decades.

A ‘colossal and extraordinary grotesque grinning crab’ by the Martin Brothers that sold at auction last year has been temporarily barred from export from the UK.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the merger of US auction houses Rago and Wright in Chicago and New York.

Art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Dr Bendor Grosvenor curating an exhibition of three of the first British female artists.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Fergus Gambon being promoted to head of Bonhams' British ceramics and glass department following the retirement of John Sandon.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Chiswick Auctions expanding its saleroom and headquarters in west London.

Blissfully unaware of the BADA logo controversy, the big Ordinary Bicycle debate, a notorious novel, football bribery in 1904 and the Pepys family, here is Gunna admiring the front cover of ATG No 2392 featuring another handsome canine (picture posted on Instagram by owners, dealership Leslie & Baggott).

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including writers’ association English PEN launching a campaign to raise the required funds to buy the copy of 'Lady Chatterley’s Lover' used by the judge in the infamous obscenity trial following its sale at Sotheby's last year.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the appointment of Jonny Fowle as the first ever spirits specialist at Sotheby’s.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including two key appointments at Phillips.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of The National Galleries of Scotland and the Victoria & Albert Museum jointly buying a portrait of the Scottish architect and designer James Adam via a New York Old Master dealer.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Chiswick Auctions launching a department for cars and automobilia.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of the Louvre Museum in Paris buying Eugène Delacroix's (1798-1863) sketchbooks featuring views of London.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a Doctor Who archive owned by the late production designer and art director, Derek Dodd, selling at Roseberys.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the Cotswolds Art & Antiques Dealers’ Association (CADA) fair looking for a new home.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Nobel prize-winning economist setting a new record for any item sold in an online-only sale.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Lyon & Turnbull no longer selling antique items made from rhino horn.

The ice pick carried by geologist Frank Debenham (1883-1965) during the doomed Terra Nova British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13 sold for £22,000 (plus buyer’s premium) at Cheffins earlier this month. The estimate was just £200-400.