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A spate of jewellery-related crimes was reported in the last month, sparking further concerns for those in the trade.

A roundup of news and events from around the trade

The return last month on a sunlit June day of the annual Church Street Antiques Fair in Marylebone after a four-year absence was hailed as a cracker – with a call for this event to be a more regular occurrence.

A Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) portrait that made a record for any work sold at auction in Europe helped lift the latest series of Modern and Contemporary sales in London.

A Camden Passage jewellery dealer suffered a devastating loss of his entire stock after a theft from his stand at the London market.

Among the busiest stands on the opening day of The Treasure House Fair that ran at the Chelsea Hospital site from June 22-26 was that of horology dealership Carter Marsh.

A work by Rebecca Solomon (1832-86) originally offered at Sotheby’s and later blocked from export to the US has been bought by two UK museums.

A handwritten letter by the 26-year-old Mozart coming up for auction at Christie’s reveals a tricky love life.

A further selection of highlights from the London dealers’ wider-ranging showcase this summer

Asian Art in London’s summer edition returns this year for its second outing.

Craig Finch of Finch & Co offers antiquities, ethnographic art, European sculpture and fine art.

Key to the success of the London Map Fair was an international outlook combined with keeping it local.

New organiser reveals strong trade interest and visitor pre-bookings for the eagerly awaited event

The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) is weighing up selling its investment property in London.

English architect and designer Owen Jones (1809-74) was no stranger to large decorative projects when he was hired to design the furniture and interiors for No 16 Carlton House Terrace in St James’s.

While the achievement of Manchester City players in winning three titles in consecutive seasons – with a treble – is certainly admirable, spare a thought for Tom Wilson, a footballer of a much earlier era.

These two archival prints of David Bowie dressed in a striped bodysuit he wore during the 1973 Aladdin Sane tour were part of Chiswick Auctions’ (25% buyer’s premium) sale of 19th and 20th Century Photographs on May 31.