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A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a rare 17th century double portrait saved for the nation.

A new antiques centre has opened in a former Baptist chapel in Newark.

The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) is weighing up selling its investment property in London.

A medal awarded to Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood artist William Holman-Hunt (1827- 1910) has been purchased by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford from dealer Tregeagle Fine Art.

The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) has launched a new two-day premier book fair to take place in Preston this summer.

English architect and designer Owen Jones (1809-74) was no stranger to large decorative projects when he was hired to design the furniture and interiors for No 16 Carlton House Terrace in St James’s.

While the achievement of Manchester City players in winning three titles in consecutive seasons – with a treble – is certainly admirable, spare a thought for Tom Wilson, a footballer of a much earlier era.

This pair of Bow porcelain figures of a cockerel and a hen sold for £7200 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Dore & Rees in Frome.

A letter of justification by the woman who assassinated the French Revolutionar y journalist and politician Jean- Paul Marat has been bought by three Normandy institutions at auction.

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

Despite its many shortcomings in terms of accuracy and reliability, the flintlock Long Land Pattern smoothbore musket – or Brown Bess to give it its more familiar nickname – remained in use from 1722 until the introduction of the percussion cap in 1838.

More than 50 dealers are taking part in London Art Week with exhibitions in their galleries or online

Recent auction results in Germany and Switzerland give a snapshot of the market beyond wristwatches

The team at the freshly re-branded Harper Field were in fine form for the opening of its brand new saleroom earlier this month.

Artefacts hailing from a vast geographical area come together in west London saleroom

Don’t forget your walking shoes when visiting Ben Brown’s 'Alighiero e Boetti: Regola e Regolarsi'.

Ahead of David Messum’s major show of British paintings in London and Marlow, the veteran dealer tells ATG about his long career – and how he relaxes on a terrace in Corfu with a paintbrush and a G&T

Fabrics, costumes and theatre set designer turned to painting when her work was destroyed by a bomb

Our selection of seven upcoming auction lots.

Illustrious names feature under portraits in a book about flying heroes from the Second World War