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Bidders deem Yongzheng Guan ware to be of the period as estimate is demolished

Sales figures or 'bilan' for the first half of this year have been released by some auction firms in France.

Besch Cannes Auction is holding a sale series in Cannes from August 13-16.

These two small paintings on silk are by the Vietnamese artist Mai Trung Thu.

Swann’s sale of vintage posters in New York on August 5 will include this poster from 1919 designed by Charles Loupot to advertise Mekka cigarettes.

Ornate piece of c.1780 furniture from sheikh’s collection heads a sell-out auction

Toucans were the avian best-sellers in a recent sale held by Freeman’s (26/20/12% buyer’s premium) of Philadelphia.

The top-priced lot in a Prunier Auctions’ (27% buyer’s premium) sale of Haute Epoque or early works of art held proved to be the 14th century ivory casket pictured here.

The centrepiece of a sell-out 762-lot toy sale held by Milestone (20% buyer’s premium) was a collection formed by Margaret and Joel Weissmann.

Asian buyers have become the dominant force at the top end of the auction market, according to Christie’s.

Remarkable sums were paid for vintage video games at Heritage Auctions – including a record-breaking $1.35m (£1m) bid for Super Mario 64.

The prize lot sold at a recent Hermann Historica (25% buyer’s premium) sale in Munich was this 19th century Ottoman kilij of characteristic form with a curved blade swelling towards the tip.

A quintessential example of avant-garde Art Deco jewellery by a French designer who was renowned for such modernist pieces was the toast of Christie’s (25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) online Jewellery sale in Paris which closed on July 7.

What is known as Indo-Chinese art frequently comes up for auction in France, in part because this area of south-east Asia was formerly a French colony.

The Salon du Dessin, the Paris fair dedicated to works on paper, finally staged its 30th edition this month.

Record for a painting by the music legend David Bowie leads a look at rockstar attempts at visual art

Very soon after the gun was invented men were trying to find ways of speeding up the process of reloading powder and shot to obtain a superior rate of fire.

London-made flintlocks with a solid provenance to Alexander Hamilton took to the stage at US sale

Prize examples of French 18th century furniture were on offer at Drouot when Hughes Taquet of the auction house Hôtel des Ventes de Mantes-La-Jolie (26.4% buyer’s premium inc VAT) offered the collection of René Siméoni.