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With the Olympics over and the new season well under way, there is plenty of activity in the French art market.

On a wintry February day in 1789 in a field on the outskirts of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, a fight between Irishman Michael Ryan and English champion Thomas Johnson was heating up.

Such is the size of the ‘museum of collectables’ formed by the British toy designer Patrick Rylands, Hansons (26.5% buyer’s premium) in Derbyshire is selling the array in five separate auctions.

Our selection of lots from eight upcoming auctions.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Prestigious Italian fair includes UK firms among the strong international contingent attending this year

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the launch of dedicated Asian Art & Antiques auctions at Lacy Scott & Knight

Traders taking part in North Yorkshire high-end outdoor fair say their customers are sharp and considered

A new auction record has been set for Peranakan or Straits Settlement porcelain in Singapore.

Michael Hezaveh of Oriental Rug Shop has an extensive showroom and warehouse in Sheffield, with over 8000 items in stock. The dealer will be at Northern Antiques Fair held in Tennants’ Garden Rooms in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, from September 26-29.

James Nickless-Allen, commercial director at Antiques Trade Gazette’s parent company Auction Technology Group, will already be a familiar name for many auctioneers. What they may not know, however, is that he is taking on a remarkable charity challenge.

Recent picture highlights at auction include works by artist renowned for his poultry depictions and writing on the subject

A letter written to John Constable by a key patron formed part of the sale of Old Masters and 19th Century Art at Chiswick Auctions on September 18.

A single-owner collection of clocks, timepieces and scientific instruments formed over 60 years went under the hammer at Fellows (25% buyer’s premium) in Birmingham on September 4.

An auction of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks and Cricket Books at Knights Sporting Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) in Norwich on September 14-15 was led by a first edition of the first separately published poem on cricket.

Victoria event’s early September edition was one of the busiest that Matthew Adams has ever held

Aubreys, the recently launched auction house holding sales at Loseley Park, Guildford, is offering a single-owner collection of Qianlong period painted enamels on September 26.

Whether it is a collection accumulated by a family often over generations or amassed through the efforts of an individual, such sales can deliver big results - especially now for regional auction houses winning consignments

Studies include caricature-like portraits which were an early preoccupation of the young artist

Saved from a skip, a rich impression of Albrecht Dürer’s Knight, Death and the Devil hammered for £26,500 at the inaugural sale held by Rare Book Auctions on September 18.