WH Smith: high street nostalgia

five WH Smith enamel advertising signs, c.1930, £5500

Rediscovered Shakespearean miniature sells for six figures

A rediscovered miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, believed to

Back in town: Henry Aldridge & Son returns to centre

Wiltshire auction house Henry Aldridge & Son is

Cricket books dealer finally out – to enjoy a well-earned retirement

A sale appropriately titled Close of Play to

The ‘largest and most comprehensive’ Beatrix Potter collection comes to auction

What is thought to be the largest and

British Museum buys pair of Gainsborough Dupont sketches from dealer Karen Taylor

Art dealer Karen Taylor has sold two oil

Collectables reach new heights as US auction achieves huge sums

‘By the power of Grayskull!’ was the cry

Spectacular Schroder collection goes on display in Bath

A new gallery opens this month at the

Freemasons sent Mercury away

Following disagreements over ritual and governance, two rival

Precious metals

On Friday, September 5, Michael Bloomstein of Brightonwaspayingthe

News in brief

Max Fisher, Ed Beer and Alexandra Aguilar of

Clarkson collection to be final Byrnes staging

The final auction at Pullman House in Saltney,

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Better together: a new duo delighted by their debut achievement

The first auction staged as a partnership between two renowned specialists produced a wide range of encouraging results, as Tom Derbyshire reports

Harman pistols

This fine pair of early 18th century flintlock

Lancer charges in

Following the trend of 18th and 19th century

The para pick

Second World War airborne memorabilia is another in-demand

Jersey museum secures top secret Second World War D-Day landing maps and Channel Islands liberation plan

Four top secret Second World War documents are

Comprehensive uniform groupings catch the eye

Halls’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest Militaria, Naval and

Greek bronze reward

Right: a “very fine” bronze helmet of Corinthian

Roman relic

TimeLine’s seven-day antiquities sale from September 9-17 will

Brooch brings hospital memories

Sold at £250, this brooch probably commemorates the

Rebels became royal favourites

Stand-out lots among property from the Earls of Airlie date from Jacobite supporting days, however

Scottish silver and Wemyss pottery put under the spotlight

The markets for Scottish provincial silver and Wemyss

Incredible Hulk as a flexible friend

You might not like him when he’s angry,

Screamadelica art taken higher than estimate

As an entire work, this huge oil on

The tabletopping Subbuteo teams

group lot of Subbuteo teams, £1550 at Sheffield

Westwood sale brings seventies punk spirit to rural Yorkshire

1. Vivienne Westwood, Voyage to Cythera two-piece Harlequin

Minnie and Mickey Mouse car mascots stand out again

Minnie and Mickey Mouse car mascots, £4200 at

Super prices for petrol pump globes

Easy to display and made in multiple variants,

Peter Jackson works set a secondary market marker

In an auction that helped establish a secondary

Not a tool maker but a man who can make tools fascinating

Jonathan Green-Plumb collects antique tools and has created a museum in his home in north Norfolk. A full-time design and technology teacher in a Norfolk high school, Green-Plumb’s latest book Antique Tools – Unexpected Finds and Unusual Objects – is published by Austin MacCauley.

Jobling returns from Canada

Extensive group of works by the north-east England artist travels back to Newcastle for sale

Gastineau gets all romantic, Rowlandson races away

Two works on paper caught the attention at

Second time lucky in Surrey

Peter Green’s lyrics for the Fleetwood Mac hit Man Of The World take £19,000 at regional auction house

Previews

Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s Medals and Militaria Auction on

Orpheus enters the gallery world

Owner of Apollo Art auction house launches antiquities specialist firm in London’s Marylebone

US fair aims for a more inclusive approach

New York fair Salon Art + Design is

FAB Paris hopes to take advantage of new date in a ‘wonderful month for the arts’

For its fourth edition, FAB Paris , the

Ed Butcher in King’s Road move

a view of the interior of Ed Butcher

Frink mosaic stands out in Bolan sale

Ken Bolan, the retired King’s Road, Chelsea, dealer,

Calendar sets Fabergé clock apart

Only one other version of triangular-shaped timepiece sold in Florida has been found, says saleroom

Tiffany Japonesque test: four mixed metal lots on offer

The market for Tiffany’s Japonesque style demonstrated its

Barye bronze bounces back to US museum

Antoine-Louise Barye bronze of Theseus Battling the Minotaur

Hang on, that fountain looks familiar

An old Instagram posting from a dealer in

Just the thing for a day tripper

1964 Beatles lunch box and flask, Can$1900 (£1025)

The original and authoritative sales listing

This is a calendar of art, antiques and

Taylor Swift shock revelation...

Antique jewellery dealer of 30 years says a now very famous engagement ring used to be something else

European postcard dealers descend on Surrey

“We’ve had a good year,” said Clive Baker,

Grantham brocante back in play

With its expansive lawns, walled garden and riverside

One East Sussex auction, three different items for discussion...

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