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A medieval walrus ivory gaming piece, recently found by a Gorringe’s valuer in a sock drawer, comes for sale in Lewes on October 8. As part of the Interiors & Decorative Arts Sale it has an estimate of £10,000-15,000

Dear Sir, Re: ATG 2660, in the article Brothers’ business boosted by TV show you used the phrase ‘bartering at a brocante’.

Much of the market for ‘country house’ antiques is now in the hands of UK’s regional auctioneers. Here we review two recent bellwether sales.

A selection of 96 paintings from the collection of the Paisley Art Institute sold for £1.1m at Lyon & Turnbull on the evening of September 26. Just under a quarter of the institute’s historical holdings were deaccessioned in the Edinburgh sale titled A Taste for Art: Selected Works from The Paisley Art Institute Collection.

Wanting to create a new perfume for the modern woman, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel invented her signature fragrance Chanel No. 5 in 1921.

Dear Sir, The news that the dealers of the Dolphin Arcade in Portobello Road have been served with an eviction notice (ATG no 2661) is shocking and regrettable.

Dear Sir, I read with great interest Roland Arkell's account on page 41 of ATG 2660 of the geological books which sold for £6000 at Tennants on August 23.

Owner of Belfast On the Square Emporium invests in project to bring antiques centre to nearby town of Bangor

New names exhibit alongside established regulars at autumn edition of The Decorative Fair in south London

The Long Gallery at Messums West – established as Messums Wiltshire in 2016 by Johnny Messum – originally functioned as an equine stable.

Joshua Lumley is a rug dealer based in Kent selling textiles from Ushak carpets to 16th century Flemish tapestries. He will be at the Battersea Decorative Fair from October 1-6.

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.

The largest collection of Harry Beck manuscripts ever offered for sale will form part of an exhibition celebrating 160 Years of London Underground history being held at London dealer The Map House.

In October Christie’s conducts a timed online sales series titled Collections.

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

Five historic Congressional naval medals awarded during the War of 1812 excelled at Noonans’ latest sale of British, World Coins and Historical Medals.

The PBFA event marked its half century with a busy and successful edition

James McNeill Whistler’s (1834-1903) first portrait commission, a painting of Lucas Alexander Ionides, drew a strong bidding battle at Bonhams on September 25.

SJ Phillips will shortly unveil one of the best antique ring collections to appear on the market in years.

Chairs and sofas by Howard & Sons are a pricey niche market these days, largely immune to the varying fortunes of the wider market for Victorian and Edwardian furniture.