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Dawsons Auctioneers has appointed Jonathan Pratt as managing director.

Setting a record for any British-born female artist at auction, a Surrealist painting by Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) drew a lengthy bidding battle at Sotheby’s New York on May 15, taking the artist into a new league commercially.

Although the image may be familiar from stereoscopic photographs and engravings of the period, this view of the 1862 'London International Exhibition of Industry and Art' is an oil and canvas by the Italian painter Federico Moja (1802-85).

A potentially important 16th century damascened casket depicting Henry VIII’s campaigns in northern France comes for sale in Barcelona on May 23.

A book elaborately illustrated with needle-work samples and commemorating Queen Victoria’s first trip to Ireland as monarch was one of the standout sales as 'Firsts London’s Rare Book Fair' opened.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

The view described as ‘On the Medway’ (International, ATG No 2640) appears to me to be a view on the River Deben.

Stand-out lots from upcoming sales including Chardin still-life, Napoleonic marshal's baton and fine art collection acquired over decades

Art consultancy and valuation firm Gurr Johns, parent company of Dreweatts and Forum, has announced that Vicki Wonfor will be managing director and chief operating officer of both salerooms.

This wreath of helichrysum (immortelle or everlasting) flowers was apparently sent to Napoleon on St Helena as a token of support from two of his sympathisers in London.

News that Celtic and Rangers no longer automatically qualify for the Champions League next season put a bit of a dampener on Scottish football.

Despite Peter Barkworth’s very public profile his art collecting was a much more personal matter

Manuscript ‘sold in 1776’ at forerunner of Sotheby’s emerges in New York sale

Focus on first part of a series of porcelain sales offering businessman’s collection

February saw the sad death of Bruce Fearn, FRICS, FSVA and former head of Neales Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers in Nottingham and Derby.

Annual specialist extravaganza held in Paris involves galleries, auction houses and museums

Brocantes bring a taste of summer to the nation's country houses – here are two to attend this year

Sports stars are always looking for small incremental improvements in performance that can prove crucial to the result.

Published between 1750-73, Plantae selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini in hortis curiosorum (‘A selection of plants from natural specimens nurtured in London’s curious gardens’) is considered the most important botanical work ever printed in Germany.

I write in response to the letter ‘This plaque has been a puzzler for decades’ in ATG No 2642.