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Among the highlights of The Premier Sale at St James’s Auctions on September 27 is this Battle of Culloden gold commemorative medal.

A small sketch of two ships in a gale by the leading Dutch marine painter Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707) was among the lots bringing interest at Roseberys’ (25% buyer’s premium) summer sale of Old Master, British & European pictures.

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

Sensational was the only word for it.

Popular art and antiques fair returns with new partners after several years break.

Trio of works by the Hungarian artist underlines the appeal of portraits as conversation pieces

While the rare book trade is steadily becoming more diverse, challenges still exist, as four newer members of the Forum Auctions team in London tell ATG

Since the 1960s, birds have been the main subject matter of New Zealand artist Raymond Ching (b.1939).

Demands are growing in the antiquities trade for the British Museum to publish a list of objects stolen in an alleged theft from its collection by a member of staff.

Richard Beale, director of the London auction house Roma Numismatics, has pleaded guilty to a series of charges in connection with unlawful sales of ancient coins.

Both Christie’s and Bonhams brought impressive Chinese clocks to market in July.

Here we take a look at markets in south London, Brighton and Cardiff

Concerns have been raised in the antiquities trade that items allegedly stolen from the British Museum by a staff member and offered on eBay may start emerging on the wider market.

This faded red-brown velvet cap worn by Alfred St George Hamersley (1848-1929) is believed to be the earliest rugby international cap to come to auction.

A roundup of news and events from around the trade