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Bonhams conducts a general sale of Asian art in Knightsbridge on May 10.

A highlight of the Asian Art sale at Tajan will be this still-life of a pot of primroses, apples and porcelain by Chinese artist Pan Yu Liang (1895-1977).

MADAM – Marian Waters’ letter (‘Online catalogues are not much good for a breakfast chat’, ATG No 2489) highlights what I also believe is an important issue.

Fifteen furniture lots make five-figure sums as Dreweatts bidders show encouraging confidence

Spotlight on businesses in the bustling antiques havens of Suffolk and Norfolk

MADAM – A recent email from thesaleroom.com had, as a featured lot, a replica Darth Vader helmet described as ‘vintage’.

On Friday, April 30, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1768.80 / €1464.11 / £1271.59

Edward Seago was a favourite of the establishment, royals in particular, but has a wider appeal such as his views of Hong Kong

A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.

The May 11-14 auction at Adam Partridge will feature the last 40 lots of Meiji period Satsuma from a noted Worcestershire collection.

Schedules for all sorts of auction series have been shaken up by pandemic restrictions, and the Asian art sales reflect this – but plenty is still on offer at the upcoming series

Morphets (20% buyer’s premium) of Harrogate sold a Mouseman bureau for a tub-thumping £36,000 on April 15.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Phillips appointing Stephen Brooks as chief executive officer.

MADAM – re: Gavin Littaur’s letter (‘Ivory: don’t forget collector expertise’, ATG No 2487), I wholeheartedly agree.

Andrew Cumming was among the first successful antiquarian book dealers to step into the shoes of the post-war greats such as Charles Traylen and Frank Hammond.

Sold for $150,000 (£109,490), some 10 times the low estimate, was a lot comprising 11 Xeroxed pages that constitute a pre-publication draft of Martin Luther King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ of 1963.

Guest and Gray, trading from a gallery in central London at 58 Davies Street, decided to launch a new website during lockdown.

On May 18 Paris auction firm Tessier Sarrou is selling the first part of a collection of Japanese swords.

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.

A Mitchells (22% buyer’s premium) sale included selected contents from Greystoke Castle near Penrith – home to the Howard family for over 500 years.