Sci-fi memorabilia if you have a bit of space

Fur flies: Limehouse cat sets a new high

Limehouse model of a cat, c.1746-48,

Hepworth’s sculptural exploration of colour and strings barred from export

Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale

‘Wantage Botticelli’ sparks bidding battle to make the highest sum for his early work

by Alex Capon The Virgin

Qing dragon bowls soar above £200-400 guide to take £250,000 in Newcastle sale

pair of Yongzheng mark and period

1818 at the double: second saleroom expands premises

1818 Auctioneers has opened a new

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Wooden desk owned by an Iron Lady

desk that belonged to Margaret Thatcher,

Teatime with the Martin family

Pick of the week

Precious metals

On Friday, Decemberô, Michael Bloomstein

News in brief

Not a dolls’ house - it’s a wardrobe

The 1966 masterplan

A simple suitcase given by a famous football manager to his next-door neighbours contained a world cup-winning formula, as Tom Derbyshire reports

Liverpool FC player McLean could be the first footballer to make a debut on a cigarette card

cigarette card depicting Duncan McLean of

Cheltenham Gold Cup in high demand even in replica form

Sport memorabilia replica of the

Bradman’s ‘baggy green’ cap scores six-figure result

Don Bradman ‘baggy green’ Australia cricket

Mc Queen’s shirt swap was a final one-off

Milan shirt swapped with Gordon McQueen,

Baggies glory days recalled by Kaye memorabilia

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Sale offers collection of million-pound pioneer Francis

Hammer highlights 1. Diego Maradona

Lost wax lalique finds admirers

Sale including pieces produced by French designer in cire perdue technique attracts international interest

Seventeenth century sash passed down by family descent is a belter

pair of sleeve plumpers, £1800 at

Rare curtains with complex patterns come from Scottish castle collection

The Fashion, Costume and Textiles Sale at Tennants

It’s the turn of Grimshaw Junior

Son of the famous John Atkinson moves into the moonlight with two of his own works in the same style

Could it be artist Mary Beale by her own hand?

a painting catalogued as Bust Portrait

The Ottoman world opened up

Single-owner collection offered in south London reveals costumes and culture of the empire

Previews

The model railway and vintage

The small, strange and beautiful

London exhibition concentrates on the wonders of the cabinet of curiosities collecting of the 16th-17th centuries

five Questions

Turkish dealer Efe Gurger has

FAB Paris brings in over 30,000 visitors in six days

by Stewart Cumiskey FAB Paris

Diptych is top pick of Perugino

Pair of religious panels used as altar sell on low estimate but still result in auction record for the artist

Cham relics from Vietnam sold in Vienna via museum

Cham gold drum, €180,000 (£150,000) at

Modern antiquity: Queen Nefertiti bust from 1930

1930 copy of Egyptian bust of

Vendor strikes gold

plate from Sèvres Marli d’or service,

Breguet made a timely intervention

19th century inking chronograph, €750 (£625)

The original and authoritative sales listing

This is a calendar of art, antiques and

Shed your inhibitions and shop

Farm buildings and more humble structures can provide ideal showcases for antiques businesses

Your Dodin Sèvres story brought feeling of déjà vu

views of the Sèvres cups and

Obituary - Diana Hollis

Diana Hollis, known to many in the silver