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Just before England entered a third lockdown, the John Martin Gallery squeezed in a solo show of artist Andrew Gifford’s (b.1970) work at new art hub Cromwell Place in London.

Property from the collection of Mrs Henry Ford II is being offered by more than one auction house this year. Christie’s has sales in New York on March 30 and London on April 15, and Doyle (26/21/15% buyer’s premium) held a single-owner selection in its New York rooms on January 25.

Velvet evening slippers and a brandy glass once belonging to Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) are coming to auction at Bellmans in Sussex next month.

On Friday, February 19, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1773.75 / €1464.16 / £1267.34

A naval logbook kept by Matthew Perry offered in New York covered a very eventful period in this distinguished mariner’s career.

The largest contingent of works by British abstract painter John Blackburn (b.1932) ever to come to auction will be offered at Cheffins of Cambridge on February 25.

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

The American artist Donald Judd (1928-94) abandoned painting in the 1960s and devoted himself to producing three-dimensional objects.

MADAM – Further to your piece on Beryl Cook at auction (Art Market, ATG No 2480), Plymouth put on a magnificent retrospective exhibition at the Council House in 2017 which was co-curated by Beryl Cook’s family [Our Beryl: Beryl Cook at Home].

MADAM – At the risk of boring your readers with yet another letter from me, I would like to endorse Kay Michie’s very sensible suggestion that one organisation representing the antiques trade would be better than two (Letters, ATG No 2479).

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of the National Trust’s conservation team received funding from a US charity.

A manuscript volume sold for £4200 was the main attraction of a sale held by Crow’s (22% buyer’s premium) of Dorking.

A large group of works from the collection of Allen and Beryl Freer has been consigned to Chiswick Auctions.

Christopher Kingzett, a former vice chairman of SLAD and owner of the eponymous dealership in south London, specialises in 20th century British paintings, drawings and sculpture.

It is well known that the death of an artist often leads to an upsurge of market interest and that has certainly happened with the Bulgarian Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, who died last year.

Essex auction house Sworders is asking ATG readers to help identify the manor house, also in Essex, featured in this Edward Bawden (1903-89) watercolour.

A copy of the very first issue of Captain America soared to £320,000 (£235,640) at Heritage Auctions.

Keys’ forthcoming Modern Art and 20th Century Design Sale on February 24 includes a painting by Iraqi artist Faraj Abou (1921-84).

Four online Post-War & Contemporary art exhibitions organised by dealers.

Among the surprises at a Contemporary art sale at Ketterer (25% buyer’s premium) in Munich was the result for a work by the painter-poet Henri Michaux.