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Dealers from around the world are preparing for TEFAF Maastricht, the world’s showpiece event for traditional art and antiques. The fair returns this year for the 33rd time, bigger than ever.

'La Navigation du Roy d’Ecosse' by the French cartographer Nicolas de Nicolay (1517-83) is said to be the oldest accurate map of coastal Scotland.

The Box, a museum, gallery and archive set to open in Plymouth in May, has acquired a ‘colossal and extraordinary grotesque grinning crab’ by the Martin Brothers.

Two pictures purchased from one of the first commercial exhibitions of the artist dubbed ‘the Irish Alfred Wallis’ soared above their estimates at auction this month.

Three oils by Victorian greats Frederic Lord Leighton, William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais are coming to market in London.

This mid-19th century oil of a bare-knuckle prize fight is thought to depict a famous bout between Victorian boxers William Perry (1819-88) and Tom Sayers (1826-65).

Our regular listing of British and Irish book auctions.

ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period February 13-19, 2020. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of the Hong Kong Coin Show being postponed due to the coronavirus alert.

Our selection of highlights from this year’s TEFAF Maastricht

A rare example of newly discovered bronze by a French Renaissance sculptor will be making an appearance at the rostrum on April 1 in Paris.

The Gentleman’s Library Sale at Bonhams on February 12-13 included a miniature William and Mary or Queen Anne walnut armchair standing 21in (53cm) high).

In the latest in a series of updates on the new regulation to stop money laundering, Antiques Trade Gazette provides another round-up of guidance and tips for the art market.

The Oak Interior sale at Bonhams in Oxford on February 19 included two substantial private collections consigned for sale from the US.

Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a Kenneth Newton still-life.

The 33rd edition of TEFAF Maastricht is the largest yet, building on the formidable foundations already laid but with a suite of updates aimed at maintaining the fair’s impressive reputation

Our weekly selection from salerooms.

Comics played a significant part in a recent held by Mitchells (20% buyer’s premium) of Cockermouth, undoubtedly helped by the presence of some 30,000 Marvel comics from one private collection.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.