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Searching online for the term ‘skirt lifter’ is probably unwise in the public domain, but an intriguing item sold at Graham Budd’s latest auction shows it is a popular collecting field.

Dutch maritime charts feature in wide-ranging auction strong in travel and exploration.

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

Sunlight after Storm, Windsor, below, is among the pieces on offer at Portland Gallery’s exhibition of Edward Seago paintings. The gallery is the exclusive representative of the artist’s estate and this show, running from June 8- July 6, follows ones in April 2016 and June 2014.

A rare late 16th century astronomical horizontal dial, dated MDXCI (1591) and engraved with the arms and name of Pope Clement VIII, is one of the highlights of the sale series to be held by Uppsala AuktionsKammare from June 13-15.

This canvas of the martyrdom of St Sebastian by the Italian Baroque artist Mattia Preti (1613-99) is closely related to one of his most famous works of the same subject, in the Capodimonte Museum in Naples.

ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period May 24-30, 2018. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

Old hangars and even older tents provided two of the more successful categories in a recent three-day, 1600-lot sales week in South Cerney.

One of Dorotheum’s specialities is its staging of sales devoted to imperial court memorabilia and historical objects, which are notable for featuring souvenirs and personal memorabilia from the House of Hapsburg.

An original typescript for Boris Pasternak’s most famous novel Doctor Zhivago with handwritten corrections by the author was sold for £110,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Forum Auctions.

A hundred and eighty lots in a recent West Sussex sale that offered great variety and some real rarities came from the library at West Horsley Place in Surrey.

Mod Brit and contemporary selection showing a swirl of influences ‘creates a buzz’.

Of all the things you might expect to find in a kitchen cupboard, an original oil by Edward Seago (1910-74) is probably not one of them.