Last Frith panorama sold but will go on view

Signs of the times

Pioneer collection of street furniture goes from Parisian flat to the saleroom

‘Prolific’ pilfering pensioner jailed

A prolific pensioner art thief has been sentenced to

Tianminlou sells out in Hong Kong

Sotheby’s spring Hong Kong auction series generated

New president of ABA the ‘first from north of Watford Gap’

New president of ABA the ‘first from north of Watford

Two seven-figure French discoveries

A Mannerist bronze after Giambologna and a rediscovered

Weiss settles out of court in ‘fake’ Hals case

Old Master picture dealer Mark Weiss has agreed an

Catlin’s chief appeal brings high prices at London auction

Catlin’s chief appeal brings high prices at London

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Online market on the up

The global online art market recorded sales up 9.8%

Precious metals

On Friday, April 5, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in Brief

A Doctor Who archive of photographs and copies of plans

Sinking the Tirpitz

The largest battleships ever constructed in Germany posed a huge threat to the Allies. A rare medal group sold in London tells the remarkable story of how one of them was disabled. Tom Derbyshire reports

Snaring the Scharnhorst

Once the Tirpitz had been damaged by midget submarines

Olympia Auctions – London

A 2m (6ft 7in) pen and ink drawing, above, estimated

Pook & Pook – Pennsylvania

This Chicago Firearms Co ‘The Protector’ palm pistol

Spink – London

To this day every Indian officer swears the ‘Chetwode

Lawrences – Crewkerne

Lawrences of Crewkerne’s militaria auction on May 16

The clasps that make the difference for the NGSM

Factors dictating the pricing of Naval General Service

Bids for Ball’s crash landing

Captain Albert Ball (1896-1917) is remembered as one

Private Trickett’s very lucky penny

A collection of First World War memorabilia relating

Saleroom glory for the 17th Lancers

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then

Penning an escape from the Battle of Arnhem

A 23-year-old paratrooper’s account of escaping the

The special ops striptease

When British Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents

Protecting the monarch since the days of Henry VIII

Until March 17, 1834, Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the

Works to capture Herts and minds

Collection of art bought by county council sells in a white-glove auction held in Cambridge

Two Bawden pier versions appear at auction a day apart

Two versions of Edward Bawden’s (1903-89) famous Brighton

Grave concerns over Gill

This headstone design, below, of a female nude by the

Modern art on the curriculum

British art historian Frances Spalding on how a post-war buying spree by councils aimed to bring the latest works to the classrooms

Hayek and the road to saleroom

Collection from family of Nobel Prize winner generates many surprising auction results

Binding made of wood from Roman bridge

A most unusual book binding brought a bid of £5500

British and Irish book auctions

4 30-lot Book & Map Sections, Canterbury Auction

Early movers in the chess playing world

Born in Celico, southern Italy and consequently known

Previews: Up to £500

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships

Previews: £501 - £2000

This a rare copy of the so-called ‘Vinegar Bible’.

Previews: £2001 - £5000

Woolley & Wallis’ jewellery sale in Salisbury on

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

Lawrences’ forthcoming Spring Fine Art auction in Crewkerne

Previews: £30,000 plus

A Modern and Post War British Art sale at west London

Rare Turner prints go on show

Mezzotints on display at London fair are among a huge collection for sale as a single group

Room for manoeuvre at Battersea

A French Art Nouveau mahogany drop-front writing bureau

5 Questions

Caryl Tincknell of Violet Grey Decorative Gardens specialises

Batstone moves to Bourne Street

Hilary Batstone Antiques has recently moved into new

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

Signs that Paris appreciates its streetscapes

French and foreign bidders flock to white-glove sale of pioneer collection of the city’s heritage

Buying at Auction - a general guide

Always read the auctioneer’s terms and conditions for full details.

Artist’s Resale Right

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Firms display their family values

A focus on two family businesses which source some of their stock from antiques and vintage fairs and markets in the UK

Jug could be a favourite buy at BBR fair

The story of Queen Anne, who ruled from 1702 to her

Object that comes in two by two

At the second outing of the Norfolk and Suffolk Antique

Pot Pourri puzzle: it’s a later date

MADAM – I write in response to the letter by Simon

Enough to drive you to drink

MADAM – I love the 5 Questions every week [in Dealers’

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