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Golf books do not bring as many really high prices as was once the case, but the most recent of the regular sales in this category held by a Californian saleroom did contain a couple of surprises.

The modern market for Martin Brothers pottery has been defined by key exhibitions and the sales of important collections. Here is ATG's pick of five events in the last 50 years.

A 1940s view of Swansea described as ‘historically important’ by the auction house which sold it featured among some good results for 20th century Welsh art in the regions.

Two books from Herman Melville’s library, both volumes of classical poetry that were annotated throughout and in one instance signed, topped a recent New York sale.

A 1547 translation into Arabic of Euclid’s Elementa Geometrica sold for £17,000 as part of an October 23 sale of Islamic and Near Eastern works on paper at Bloomsbury Auctions (25/12% buyer’s premium) on October 22,

Our weekly selection from salerooms.

Our weekly selection from salerooms.

Dealer marks 25 years on Kensington Church Street with an exhibition of English big names

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

Arrests have been made in relation to the theft of a solid 18ct gold toilet by artist Maurizio Cattelan.

This sculptural white porcelain group of Ganymede and the Eagle is a rare survivor from the St James’s factory run by Charles Gouyn in London c.1749-60.

ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period October 24-30, 2019. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

Simple still-life of flowers showcases the Mod Brit artist’s love of colour and luminosity

Focusing on south-east Asia, a 90-lot map section in an Essex sale comprised the extraordinarily successful first portion of a collection of maps and charts assembled by Christopher Beresford-Jones.

Our weekly selection from salerooms.