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MADAM – Recently I was interested in an Chinese tile for sale at a well-known auction that was estimated at £5000-8000.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the Bodleian Libraries' purchase of a rare 15th century French Gothic coffer.

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

Sales of ski posters have long been a seasonal feature of the auction scene scheduled for those winter months when enthusiasts take to the slopes.

Buyers are spoilt for choice during May and early June when three decorative and salvage fairs will be running in the UK, all in interesting outdoor settings. Here is a short focus on them.

The antiques-rich town of Honiton in Devon is famed for its bobbin lacemaking since the 16th century.

Fees charged by auctioneers, from buyer’s premium to condition reports, have been a hot topic in the pages of ATG and on social media recently. One reader contacted us regarding the move by a West Midlands auction house to charge winning bidders who have used the phone the same fee as online buyers.

It was not a vintage season for armour in the salerooms, but in Thomas Del Mar’s (24% buyer’s premium) auction on December 5 this very original English or Flemish close helmet of c.1560 reached £11,000.

Eight examples of beautiful bindings feature in a selection from recent auctions held across the world.

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

Fairs to visit this weekend in Didcot and Dorset.

MADAM – I refer to your Brexit article (‘No deal warning for CITES-listed items’, ATG No 2376).

Two suits of armour that emerged in recent auctions at Continental salerooms.

A recently released new film about the relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, one in which certain historical liberties appear to have been taken concerning the generally accepted belief that the two women never actually met, brings a topicality to a letter offered last month in London.

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

A two-in-one purchase, this Simon and Halbig bisque-headed doll comes with its own teddy bear in a 550-lot online-only auction of toys and past playthings.

Illustrated below is the title page of a copy of the very first book by CS Lewis to be printed, Spirits in Bondage of 1919.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from January 29-February 9, 2019.

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.