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The Saturn table lamp was produced for the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. While it is unclear which factory made them (some websites suggest the Houze Glass Company of Port Marion, Pennsylvania), they are considered classics of machine age Art Deco design.

It is with great sorrow and deep sadness that we announce that the wonderful, formidable, generous and elegant lady, Caroline Wallrock (née Russett), passed away on November 18 after bravely battling cancer.

Our selection of stand-out lots at seven upcoming auctions

London art gallery Shapero Modern rounds off its year with a trio of events.

Our regular listing of books and works on paper sales

Nuremburg Chronicle, Chaucer and a work on witchcraft are among the highlights in Co Offaly saleroom

Collector Michael Blood’s passion for Victorian tiles was ignited at Rufford Abbey in Nottinghamshire when two 19th-century examples pressed into his hands during restoration first caught his eye.

The Zena Kwiatkowski Corrigan collection of tiles was sold by Kinghams (26% buyer’s premium) in Moreton-in-Marsh over 291 lots on October 30.

Nearly 30 years after launching Belgrave St Ives, Michael Gaca is stepping back from the front line

I was concerned to read the report in the latest ATG regarding the return of the Pre-Christian jug to Cyprus (News Digest, ATG No 2721).

In 1872 PT Barnum’s ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ became the first circus to travel by rail. It took 65 specially made wagons to haul the production from city to city.

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

Offered for sale as ‘a Chinese porcelain teapot’ with a $100-1000 estimate, a famille rose Buddhist ewer with a Qianlong mark hammered for $200,000 at Hill Auction Gallery (30/28/25% buyer’s premium) in Sunrise, Florida, on October 29. No date or period was given.