AAL prize winners

Charity shop find sold for £380,000

Purchased for £1 from a Hertfordshire charity shop

Appeal planned after High Court legal bid to stop Ivory Act fails

A High Court judge has turned down an attempt by a

Christie’s Education set for restructure

Christie’s is in consultation with staff following

Qing magnificence rules across Asian Art in London sale series

Market-fresh examples of Qing imperial splendour dominated

Archive from the Queen’s dress designer excels

A Cecil Beaton sketch of Christian Dior working in

Christie’s seeks exemption from Chinese import tax

Christie’s has been praised for its stance on US tariffs

Sounding the Thunderer for the first penalty kick in a World Cup Final

The whistle that blew after just a minute of play to

Rediscovered Nelson portrait surfaces at sale

A hitherto unknown portrait of Nelson sold for three

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Little silver collection includes big rarities

On December 3, Christie’s London will offer the Little

Precious metals

On Friday, November 8, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in Brief

A record for a copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin

A little box of Sunshine

For more than 25 years a regular contributor to BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, John Benjamin recalls his early days in the trade – while reviewing a recent jewellery auction. Additional reporting by Roland Arkell

‘I absorbed it like a sponge’

John Benjamin began his career as a 17-year-old assistant

The cutting edge of fashion

Out of favour for a generation, grand tour and ancient

Oved’s animal magic

It was not catalogued as such, but this silver ring

A very Victorian scandal

This early-Victorian bracelet comprising eight portrait

The sign of the Knights Templar

This early medieval gold ring dates to the time of

Look to design

Some of the most striking 19th-20th century jewellery

Shedding daylight on Art Nouveau

The November 18 sale titled California Jewelry held

Eyeing a fine demantoid

The first demantoid garnet (a type of andradite) was

Mappin’s entry to Modern Jewellery

A letter accompanying this gold, diamond and fire opal

Sprinkling a little stardust

The 1961 International Exhibition of Modern Jewellery

Brooch the topic with Supreme Court approval

A welcome trend in the jewellery market has been the

A double helping of imperial jewels

Jewellery owned by Marie Valerie Hapsburg, the favourite

When two into one does go

Of the more than 200 jewellery lots for sale at Dawson’s

Brief histories of time

This unassuming Grana military issue c.1945 (right)

The Speedy before space

The Watch Sale at Fellows in Birmingham on November

Eclectic clocks chime with bidders

Array of styles from traditional and electrical to atmospheric attracts Continental interest

And here’s to you, Francis Robinson

Among the top-priced clocks sold in October was a rare

Fans coveted in Yorkshire and Guernsey

The impact of institutions on the collector-dominated

Mystery lamp could be a Clanny

Well placed in Tyne & Wear to receive a

Seat of power: Churchill maquette

Less familiar than some of the busts and maquettes

Stannard stands out in saleroom

Focus on one of only two notable women painters to be associated with the Norwich School

‘One of the best’ by Arnesby Brown

Like John Constable before him, the 19th century painter

Female artists in the frame

The growing demand in recent years to own pictures

Canine study makes tidy sum

A flurry of bids emerged for this late-17th century

Rosetti depicts father and son

A crayon portrait by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82)

UNDER £2800

Good art at a great price in regional sales

Boz kicks off a splendid collection

Drizen Dickens lots notch up notable results despite some higher-value unsolds

The worldwise works of HG Wells

Sold for a record $2750 (£2220) at PBA Galleries (20/15%

Piranesi takes to the field

Bid to a record £20,000 at a Forum Auctions (25/20/12%

British and Irish book auctions

Nov 12 Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History

Previews: Up to £500

Items from the estate of the late Dame Elisabeth Frink

Previews: £501 - £2000

This 10-page tract on the theme of ‘none but fools

Previews: £2001 - £5000

Although Jamaican silver is some of the rarest colonial

Previews: £20,000 plus

One of the highlights of the military library formed

How to invest in a liquid asset

Medieval glass flask is a highlight of the big art and antiques fair in Birmingham

MS Rau all set to wow

New Orleans dealership MS Rau has opened an expanded

Exhibition examines light touch

An oil on board of The Hay Barge by William Philip

An appetite for destruction

The décollage technique practised by German artist

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

Westbourne Grove pop-up

Valerie Arieta Decorative Arts stages a Christmas show

5 Questions

Tom Smith of Dovecote Antiques next stands at Art &

Bunker Hill blast from the past

Musket that fired the first shot in 1775 American revolution battle appears in US saleroom

Folk art field trip in southern Moravia

Going to the Fields by the Cezch artist Joža Uprka

Ape appeal

This sheet of studies of a monkey in red chalk on paper

Parisian panorama

Among several auctions devoted to Old Master and 19th

Russian icons

A number of Russian icons are included in Crescent

From a San Fran apartment

This small-scale wall mirror by Line Vautrin from c.1950

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Based on a Belfast boom time

With visitors flocking to the area it could be an ideal time for a new Northern Irish fair

Ardizzone goes back to basics

Dealer David Miles will be standing at the Ephemera

Plenty to do around Birmingham

Visitors to Art and Antiques for Everyone at the National