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The historic collection of pottery manufacturer Moorcroft could soon be heading to auction following the collapse of the company.

Books fair 'Firsts' got under way on May 15 with around 100 dealers exhibiting at the Saatchi Gallery in London.

Sutton Coldfield dealer Thomas Coulborn & Sons has announced a sale to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Some of the stand-out art and objects to be offered at the third edition of 'Treasure House Fair' this summer have been revealed.

A group of Kangxi bird paintings from the celebrated Imperial Manual of Birds sold for a combined £600,000 at Roseberys in south London.

Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780-1854) was clockmaker to George III and also to The Prince Regent, later George IV.

An American library has announced the purchase of six “exceptional collections” including letters shedding light on the early British Atlantic slave trade that were originally sold at a UK auction.

TEFAF New York boasted an 11% rise in attendance from last year despite challenging times.

Works coming to auction from artists’ estates give a never-seen-before quality and personal attraction

The two events launched in Kent earlier this year by organiser Paul Ellison of Needful Things Antique Fairs were busy that he has changed to a larger venue.

While few will welcome the news that Bonhams – the last of the major auction houses to hold regular sales Japanese works of art in London – is moving its department to Paris (ATG No 2690), there will be opportunities for UK salerooms that continue to plough this selective but occasionally fruitful furrow.

International museum and institutional interest is always a feature of the Salon du Dessin but this year it was even more marked with nearly 500 curators attending.

An Old Trafford supporters’ bench removed during the stadium’s 1992 renovations made 50 times its low estimate at Graham Budd’s latest auction.

Although cautiously catalogued, the Library Collection sale at Adam’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Dublin on April 29 included three pieces of Roman statuary that had been in an Irish private collection since around 1940.

Christened Amanda but always known by her middle name, Jane was an unlikely but highly successful picture specialist at Christie’s South Kensington.

Here we focus on three events this summer of interest to textiles enthusiasts

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