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A watch worn many times by the king of rock and roll at the peak of his career comes for sale at Sworders this month.

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

This timeline shows a sample of items across many price points sold in 2020 at timed online auctions by a wide range of auction houses.

Although the rise of the internet during the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a number of galleries moving online, many have also decided to persist with their bricks and mortar approach. Here are two businesses building up their physical presence in the face of ongoing uncertainty.

Modern paintings and whole wunderkammer from a closed museum deliver sell-out response

The latest online sale of Clocks, Watches, & Scientific Instruments held by Skinner (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) in Marlborough, Massachusetts included two of perhaps only 50 surviving Tornek-Rayville TR-900 stainless steel dive watches.

This Movado model 14776 triple calendar watch is best known as the Calendograf.

Not all early 18th century oak clocks were restricted to a simple style. There were provincial customers who requested more grandeur and country casemakers who could accommodate such requests.

MADAM – It was heartening to read that the premises of Aston’s Auctioneers and Valuers of Dudley (ATG No 2463) have been taken over by Special Auction Services (SAS) of Newbury, Berkshire.

Auction houses in Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland are adjusting their sales calendars to accommodate the latest set of Covid-19 restrictions.

Relatively little is known about the 19th century woodcarver Francesco Toso, who was born in Murano, Venice, to a family of glass makers.

A Rolex Submariner 5512, bought for around £70 by its original owner in 1964, has sold for £175,000 at auction in Wiltshire.

Paris auction group Hôtel Drouot has reorganised its operations and will soon allow non-shareholder businesses to operate from its premises.

The East Asian tranche of the new-format Asian Art in London event runs from October 29-November 7.

A government plan to end VAT-free shopping for international visitors next year will impact the UK art and antiques trade, say dealers.

The sale at Wessex Auction Rooms (17% buyer’s premium) in Chippenham on October 17 included this lot catalogued as ‘a retro banded glass decanter and glasses together with a set of similar shot glasses’. The estimate was just £15-25.

On Friday, October 23, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1910.60 / €1615.12 / £1458.74

Download our maps showing participants in the East Asian section of Asian Art in London, October 29-November 7.

For the second time in as many sales, Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) 20th Century Design auction on October 13 included a ‘microgauze’ wall hanging by the British artist-weaver Peter Collingwood (1922-2008).