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A 1640, first English language edition of Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, in a translation by Edward Dacres, was bid to $38,000 (£29,010) in a US sale.

This charming early English-style station below was produced for the export market by German toy manufacturer Märklin.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

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

Auction house H&H Classics (15% buyer’s premium) is best known for selling full-sized vehicles but a smaller model impressed in a recent automobilia sale.

On Friday, January 22, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1853.60 / €1533.51 / £1357.21.

Cases of Australian animals stand out among a family home taxidermy treasure trove

A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a new owner for classic car auction house Coys of Kensington.

This Volvo PV 444 diecast toy is by the Swedish toy distributor Gösta Norén.

The form of this 2ft (61cm) high Tang dynasty (618-907) pottery figure of a Bactrian camel and rider points towards the Silk Road.

In a market challenged by a lack of fresh consignments, works new to the saleroom stand out

Famed south London market will open again under new management when conditions allow

Furnished dolls’ houses and accessories in general are proving the most dynamic area of the collecting market

A Dinky Supertoys 935 Leyland Octopus flat truck with chains in its original box sold for £8200 at Kent saleroom C&T (22% buyer’s premium) on January 14.

The Swiss maker Bovet Fleurier, chartered on May 1, 1822, in London as one of first watch companies to do business in China.

A local collector who consigned a pair of Chinese porcelain vases to Hargesheimer (25% buyer’s premium) in Düsseldorf was in for a substantial pre-Christmas surprise.

A summer boom sent property prices soaring by up to 20% in some rural areas of Norfolk as buyers moved out of commuter-land to what is described in estate agent-speak as ‘lifestyle-sustainable’. We talk to four antiques business in the county.

The strong level of prices being paid by collectors for dolls’ house furniture was underlined at a recent C&T sale.

The final part of dealer Jack Webb's collection displayed his passion for military photographs, especially daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and cartes de visite.