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The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of the launch of a day-time TV show called 'The Bidding Room' hosted by Nigel Havers and featuring art and antiques dealers.

The main series of Asian works of art sales in Paris takes place during December. Auctions include dedicated sales at Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Artcurial and Tajan while the Drouot auction centre has no fewer than 15 auctions wholly or partly dedicated to this field.

ATG’s selection of hammer highlights this week includes a Vincennes porcelain cup and saucer that made over 25-times estimate and a rare Chinese Republican period dish by a celebrated decorator that made 90-times estimate.

Ashley Gray of modern textile and fashion illustration dealer Gray MCA, along with horology dealer Howard Walwyn, have joined BADA’s ruling council, with Gray urging members to look beyond traditional antiques for the association’s future growth.

This week ATG is summarising some of the key promises from the main three parties that could affect the art and antiques trade. The third in the series published here is the Liberal Democrats' manifesto.

An Old Master painting by a mid-14th century painter who was active in Bohemia drew dramatic competition at a small auction house in France last week. It was knocked down at €5m (£4.27m) to a dealer acting for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The UK’s largest antiques fair organiser, International Antiques & Collectors Fairs (IACF), is switching from plastic to recyclable bags handed out at its 40 fairs around the country, starting this week at Newark.

This week ATG is summarising some of the key promises from the main three parties that could affect the art and antiques trade. The second in the series published here is the Labour Party's manifesto.

One of the highest auction prices for a painting by Pierre Soulages (b.1919) came in a recent sale held in Paris.