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A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the four looted Yemini ancient stelae recovered from a London shop going on display at the V&A.

A small sketch of two ships in a gale by the leading Dutch marine painter Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707) was among the lots bringing interest at Roseberys’ (25% buyer’s premium) summer sale of Old Master, British & European pictures.

An oil on canvas by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) estimated at €4m-6m is billed as a highlight of the sale of Old Master and 19th century art to be held by Artcurial in Paris in November.

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

Massive ornamental hair combs such as this are associated with the East Sumbanese people of modern Indonesia.

It was very interesting to see your front page story about the Coade stone torchère and its acquisition by The Fitzwilliam Museum (ATG No 2608).

The latest edition of the Coin Yearbook is published this month.

The Decorative Fair returns from October 3-8 for its third and final staging of the year.

The Fine Art Trade (FAT) defeated Christie’s at the annual end-of-summer cricket match organised by Edgar Both of the trade and Nick Finch from Christie’s.

On Friday, September 15, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1912.86 / €1795.93 / £1542.63

As co-publishers and editors of Firsts: The Book Collector’s Magazine established in 1991, Robin and Kathryn Smiley’s bookshelves were brimming with choice first editions from across the broad span of British and American literature.

Our selection of lots from 14 upcoming UK and Irish auctions

Hindman’s 116-lot auction of Post War & Contemporary Art on September 28 includes a classic pop art painting by Wayne Thiebaud that comes for sale from the estate of Kansas City collectors Morton and Estelle Sosland.

One of the most popular fleas in the country has been very busy this year, both with the numbers of stallholders and visitors, says the organiser.

The art ecosystem and the knowledge, expertise and confidence in its integrity are the key attributes of the UK’s strong art market, a conference heard last week.

While the ‘peak season’ for Old Master sales in the UK traditionally falls twice a year in early July and December, coinciding with the flagship sales in the London rooms, notable lots nevertheless appear throughout the year at auctions around the country.

Huge collection shines light on the once common Staffs porcelain that nonetheless is often misidentified

One of the better performing ‘manner of’ pictures of late was a landscape very much in the style of the great French Baroque painter Claude Lorrain (1600-82).

Over the course of four decades, medical stenographer Angela Gross Folk and her husband amassed an impressive collection of Chinese porcelain.

The Coinex extravaganza brings out the big guns of the UK numismatics trade alongside continental European dealers.