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Martin Beisly Fine Art has sold a major work by a female Victorian artist to Manchester Art Gallery.

A 1961 first UK issue of Fantastic Four sold for £6500 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) at Gildings Auctioneers on August 1.

Alongside 130 galleries from all over the world, Galerie Léage are making their debut at Frieze Masters.

Wimbledon Auctions has secured a consignment of works from the Greenwich mansion of the late Ann Broadbent, a well-known local eccentric who rose to fame when House of Hackney made a short documentary on her and her house seven years ago.

Nick Jones has been a dealer for over 30 years. His shop at 34 Church Street in north London is a magnet for stylists, interior designers and celebrities.

In 1973, celebrated artists took part in ‘Hommage à Picasso’, a project launched to celebrate the artist's 90th birthday. Gerrish Fine Art are revisiting that collective response

Phill Parker enjoyed a ringside seat for the golden years of space exploration.

Appearing at Adam Partridge’s Devon saleroom this September is a truly exciting discovery. A finely preserved and virtually complete Ichthyosaur, dug up in Charmouth, is being offered for the first time at an estimate of £10,000-15,000.

LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair is hosting a fringe festival which includes a recital in Handel's dining room and new way to see the works of Michelangelo and Da Vinci

A whimsical Art Deco ‘YZ’ cherry amber faturan nut bird ashtray, manufactured by Henry Howell & Co and retailed by Dunhill, drew eyecatching competition at a recent Gloucestershire sale.

A head-and-shoulders marble bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) more than doubled its top estimate at a sale in Cirencester.

With estimates from £2000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

The sold-out auction of a remarkable collection of medals spanning more than 200 years of naval history included fine examples of a Victoria Cross and a George Cross.

From unpublished writings to a clothes brush from his valet, collection marks the 150th anniversary year of Sir Winston Churchill’s birth

A Victorian taxidermy display of now extinct huia birds from New Zealand sold at Kinghams Auctioneers for £38,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) to a room bidder.

A collection of vintage comic books amassed by two brothers, including a UK first issue of 'The Incredible Hulk comic', is to be auctioned by Gildings Auctioneers on August 1.

A ‘Football’ pattern hexagonal vase was among the highlights at the sale of a single owner Clarice Cliff collection sale at Anderson & Garland this week.

A remarkable solid gold medallion created for the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 turned up at Jacobs & Hunt in Liss, Hampshire.

Auction house Dreweatts has secured a consignment of works from the Mayfair home of Eskandar and Fatima Maleki. It will offer the collection in a dedicated sale on September 25.

Painter and educator Barrie Cook (1929-2020) was an adopted son of Cornwall.