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A rare military issue by The International Watch Company sold well above estimate at Wessex Auction Rooms (19% buyer’s premium) in Chippenham, Wiltshire.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Sworders offering a major collection of Moorcroft pottery.

From modest origins, the York event is now the largest antiquarian book fair in the UK

Reading that Tennants sold a lock of Florence Nightingale’s hair (Auction Reports, ATG No 2654) reminded me of my luck trying to sell hair.

Mary Tudor’s personal copy of Vergil’s history of England comes to auction in Gloucestershire this month.

A gold and diamond ring made by the architect turned goldsmith Louis Osman (1914-96) has gone on public display at the Northamptonshire home where he lived, worked and drew inspiration for more than a decade.

Duke’s September 11 sale of Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Currency includes a fine array of vintage and second-hand branded wristwatches.

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

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.

Lyndsey Ingram has expanded its realm in London by acquiring a second space a few doors down from the original gallery.

The 504-lot book sale at Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) in Chicago on July 25 was topped by a four-volume set of one of the great records of the Gilded Age.

Adam Partridge's (20% buyer’s premium) latest Studio Ceramics sale held in Macclesfield proved a popular auction, with over 680 lots fought over by 500 online registrants and 40 room bidders.

John Andrews is the owner of Scottow Antiques and a partner in Classic Antique Fairs. Its next event runs from September 20-22 at Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre.

A royal sporting gun from King Louis XIII’s famous Cabinet d’Armes has set a new world record for a wheellock firearm at auction.

Dealer who was invited to organise a fair at nearby estate holds the second edition this month

Since the owners of Aspal Antiques launched an antiques centre at Stonham Barns Park three years ago and added a second centre on site to include a reclamation yard, a steady stream of antiques-related businesses have opened up.

The top lot in the American Historical Ephemera and Photography Online sale at Freeman’s Hindman (27/21/15% buyer’s premium) in Chicago was an album published in 1886 to mark the death of President Ulysses S Grant.

Library items shelved away in now closed college include some of the first North American histories

First sale held at new venue achieves renowned Welsh artist’s highest price at auction for two years

Our selection of six upcoming lots at auction