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The auction at toy specialist C&T (22% buyer’s premium) in Kenardington, Kent, on November 3 included this very rare pair of doll’s shoes dated to c.1700.

Bid to to £400 in an October 6 sale held by Halls (20/12% buyers premium) of Shrewsbury was a simple, partly printed receipt in the sum of three guineas with autograph additions and signature that date it to April 24, 1806.

A carved oak falcon depicting Anne Boleyn’s royal badge discovered in a Devon auction and bought for £75 could soon be on display at Hampton Court Palace if a dealer gets his wish.

On December 2 Australian auction firm Shapiro will be offering the collection of Spode blue and white earthenwares assembled over the past 25 years by Russell Brooks. The majority were purchased in first 15 years mainly in England but also in Australia.

Hindman Auctions has appointed Christine Broski to oversee business development in Denver and the Rocky Mountain region.

Many sales in late November and early December are assembled with presents in mind and silver and jewellery are much to the fore.

Most angles on the collecting spectrum were covered in Bamfords’ (24.75% buyer’s premium) three-day autumnal catalogue.

Few painters on the Danish art scene in the late 19th century felt a close affinity with contemporary English art. Symbolist painter Agnes Slott-Møller (1862-1937) was among the exceptions.

As Christmas beckons it seems only appropriate that Old Masters are among the leading works at the latest winter edition of London Art Week (LAW).

Records were set for studio pottery when the collection of the late New York art dealer Dr John P Driscoll was sold last week.

“From then on, nothing went right. My carpet designs were rejected and my textiles were not required."

A group of antique snuff boxes has been recovered after a theft more than 40 years ago.

A newly discovered portrait by Sir Peter Lely (1618-80) of a civil war soldier is up for sale with dealership Peter Harrison Fine Art.