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This early-20th century snow scene, below, was painted by the French artist Paul Elie Gernez (1888-1948). He was primarily a naturalist painter of still-lives, landscapes and seascapes, and spent much of his life in Honfleur in Normandy.

As announced in ATG No 2428, Continuity Fairs has taken over the Bingley Hall Antiques Fair, which had been held by IACF at the Staffordshire County Showground from mid-2018 to December 2019.

This silver denarius from 43BC is struck to one side with a youthful male of Quintus Arrius, who was praetor in 72BC and propraetor in 71BC.

Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a Walter Greaves Thames scene.

Our weekly selection from salerooms.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the theft of an early-19th century mahogany bracket clock from Kensington Church Street dealer Patrick Sandberg.

Spink (20% buyer’s premium) offered the only Victoria Cross group to appear at auction in 2019.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Jane Alexander of Dovehouse Antiques Fairs is gearing up for the launch of an ambitious new venture.

A key feature of the ceramics section of Dreweatts’ sale on February 19 will be 55 lots from a local private collection featuring 18th century English porcelain.

Eight-strong group by the artist-plantsman provides market pointer for his post-1930s work

Drawings by two later followers of the Pre-Raphaelites drew competition at separate regional salerooms.

Rare 18th century French silver from the golden age of production was a feature of the collection of Renée and Louis Biron offered by Ader (28% buyer’s premium) at Drouot in Paris.

On Friday, February 7, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1568.30 / €1428.14 / £1212.45

This ‘superb’ rose ryal, produced during the third coinage of James I in 1619-20, sold for £34,000 at Baldwin’s of St James (20% buyer’s premium).

If the story of the sinking of the Bismarck in 1941 is well known, the fate of sister ship the Tirpitz is less familiar.

The opening lot of the Five Centuries sale at Lyon & Turnbull (25% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh on February 5 was this previously unrecorded maiolica handled and spouted wet drug jar.

Solo Antiques offers a selection of French Daum landscape cameo glass pieces at Stonyhurst College Antiques & Fine Art Fair this month.

An antiques centre specialising in militaria including books has opened in the Bedfordshire town of Biddenham.

Found in a newly ploughed field close to a Roman road near Dover early in 2019, this gold aureus is one of just 24 recognised from the brief reign of Allectus (293-296AD).