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ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

An outstanding example of British medieval pottery sold as part of the Stanley F Goldfein collection of ceramics drew fervent bidding at a recent US auction.

Eleven pieces of ancient Scythian jewellery taken out of Ukraine illegally in 2016 and smuggled to Spain are among the items recovered in a pan-European operation against art trafficking.

A collector interview with author and expert David Petty

In a fortuitous coincidence, two Old Master drawings linked to leading Netherlandish painters emerged in the same auction at Roseberys (26/25/20% buyer’s premium) in south London.

Codex stands out as some of the world’s most important manuscripts come to auction in London

From unpublished writings to cigar butts and a clothes brush from his valet, a group of Churchill memorabilia for sale marks the 150th anniversary year of Sir Winston’s birth.

The rarity of an unusual saleroom visitor - and its original condition - was confirmed after research by Bonhams’ arms and armour department.

Arthur Gredington, who was appointed chief modeller at the Beswick factory in 1939, found inspiration across the animal kingdom from cats and kittens to butterflies and leaping fish.

Born in Constantinople, the daughter of a French nobleman of Hungarian descent, painter Sophie-Ernestine de Tott (1758-1848) spent more than two decades in London as an amateur painter and musician.

On Friday, August 2, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2454-87 / €2291.34 / £1952.97

Following the Franco-Prussian War, when Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by Germany, workers at the Sarreguemines factory rejected German nationality and brought important technical skills and artistry to Choisy-le-Roi.

The swan-form sad iron is a favourite of iron collectors and has been much reproduced.