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Works in demand at auction do not always reflect the subjects and themes that artists are best known for

A first edition, first impression of The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien is a valuable proposition even without its dustjacket.

A record price will always stand out, but this comprehensive collection also boasted a much wider range of strong prices underlying a buoyant market

A rare surviving group of unseen early aviation photographs documenting the pioneering long-distance flights of Italian pilot Carlo Francesco ‘Francis’ Lombardi (1897-1983) was offered at Roseberys (26/25/20% buyer’s premium) in south London on March 11.

This British Aero Lubricants AMG No 1 motor oil can estimated at £100-150 sold instead via thesaleroom.com for a £1700 hammer price.

Christian Scrimgeour of Flea London in Vinegar Yard and Flat Iron Square is returning to canalside Hackney Bridge for her permanent weekend fleamarket.

Our selection of stand-out lots from seven upcoming auctions

On Thursday, March 26, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold trading price of: $4455.48 / €3856.99 / £3324.99

With the most sought-after Lalique glass car mascots making prices up to tens of thousands of pounds at auction, collecting in that market can become very expensive very quickly if you want a wide range.

First editions of the books that made Nancy Mitford’s name – The Pursuit of Love (1945) and Love in a Cold Climate (1949) – sold for £1600 at Reeman Dansie (25% buyer’s premium) in Colchester.

Would you rather a blue or a bronze BAFTA? Even if you haven’t made a stand-out screen performance this year – and even if you didn’t know a blue BAFTA was an option – they could still be yours.

Priestley & Ferraro closed the doors to its London gallery permanently on March 23 and ceased trading on March 31.

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.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of an unpublished drawing by Hans Baldung being declared a National Treasure.

First introduced by British Railways in 1962-64 and withdrawn between 1973-77, the short-lived Class 52 diesel hydraulic locomotive has gained something of a cult status among enthusiasts.

Specialist dealer sells items from his collection in two-day auction as he heads towards semi-retirement

Longstanding Pimlico Road dealer Ossowski is thought to have closed, with a liquidation auction held on the premises. Insolvency specialist GJ Wisdom & Co Auctioneers & Valuers of Orpington, Kent, conducted the sale as a timed online auction on the afternoon of March 12.

Further disruption will hit dealers on Portobello Road with plans for a “comprehensive refurbishment” of one of the street’s antiques arcades.

A previously unknown study for The Cornfield by John Constable is being offered by Heritage Auctions in June.

A Regency table that probably featured in George Bullock’s ‘Finished Stock’ dispersal of 1819 sold for £80,000 (plus 26.5% buyer’s premium) at Sloane Street Auctions just over two centuries later.