South-west England

The original artwork for Queen’s A Day at the Races sold for £21,000 (estimate £5000-10,000) at Gardiner Houlgate (22% buyer’s premium).

Cornish event hosted in historic house and grounds will now be staged twice a year.

Mid-century and modern pieces will feature at Wyke House this month

Traders look forward to fairs such as Bath after numerous challenges of sourcing new items

RAF Wing Commander Terence Helfer’s Distinguished Flying Cross citation stated: “He has undertaken many hazardous missions…”

Nineteenth century aquatint and map provide global perspective in Gloucestershire saleroom

Among the most traditional of antiques, the William and Mary oyster veneered walnut chest of drawers remains a welcome visitor to the saleroom.

The Oysterdate Monte Carlo series were the first chronographs produced by Tudor. A cyclops date magnifier, screw-down pushers and the distinctive dial with angled subsidiaries make them instantly recognisable.

The jewellery department at Woolley & Wallis has built up something of a reputation for selling cameos and intaglios.

A locket that tells the story of the brief, and little known, Scottish gold rush of 1869 surfaces in Gloucestershire

The Etruscan, Renaissance and Byzantine revival jewels made by the Civilotti family (Carlo, Antonio and Giuseppe) in Rome are less numerous and less well known than those of the Castellani dynasty.

Works also sold in Penzance but not for six figures help to understand this market

A couple of dog portraits by leading Victorian canine painter John Emms (1844-1912) brought a flurry of bids at separate auctions held just a day apart.

Chorley’s (22.5% buyer’s premium) Fine Art & Antiques auction was topped at £28,000 by a 17th century Mughal ivory inlaid rosewood table cabinet.

Pictures by eastern European artists generating interest from national-minded buyers is an increasingly common sight at UK regional sales.

LAPADA members Rebecca and Jonny Ralfe founded Ralfes Yard five years ago in south Somerset.

A rare opportunity to gauge the market for a major Newlyn School painting came at David Lay’s latest auction in Penzance when a lively and clamorous scene by Stanhope Forbes (1857-1947) was offered with a £120,000-180,000 estimate.

The furniture and works of art sale at Crewkerne auction house Lawrences (25% buyer’ premium) on January 21 included a set of George II walnut seating furniture with an excellent provenance.