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Our listing of UK and Irish auctions taking place on thesaleroom.com

The latest Old Master auctions in London posted the highest total for a series in this category in the capital since 2017.

Tribal Art London (TAL) is to take place in person this autumn thanks to the organisers of The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair stepping in with a venue.

Although the mid-week sales at US auction house Stair Galleries typically focus on affordable property, there are some exceptions.

Exhibitors taking part in London Art Week attracted visits from major museums including The Getty, British Museum, Museum of London, Museum of the Home, National Portrait Gallery and major US museums from San Francisco to Houston and Chicago to Baltimore.

An amazing penknife proved a cut above in a sale from the David Hayden-Wright collection of antique knives offered at west London saleroom Olympia Auctions.

A new auction record for netsuke – over three times the previous high – has been set in France.

The flagship London summer sales were the first to take place since the major auction houses all raised their buyer’s premiums in the first half of 2023.

The Harrison semi-automatic pedestal knitting machine was designed c.1900 for producing rib socks.

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.

Family group at auction offered works by several generations including the renowned John Sell Cotman

The HMV 900 was one of first television receivers designed by the Marconi-EMI Television Company, the firm that also provided the technology for Britain’s first television service.

Furniture attributable to Gillows demonstrates demand for desirable pieces

Tintin creator Hergé (1907-33) must have taken a shine to a Mr TL Ward, judging by a lot sold at an East Yorkshire auction.

New summer art fair to fill the void left by Masterpiece gains promising feedback from exhibitors.

Classic examples of distinctive porcelain take four-figure sums in Gloucestershire

Our selection of 13 lots from upcoming UK auctions

Tanya Baxter specialises in Modern British, Post-Modern and Contemporary art and is among those exhibiting at this year’s LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair (September 27-October 1).

I wonder if any readers can help identify the purpose of a most unusual silver spoon in my possession.