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A watercolour of a thoroughbred racehorse auction appeared at Chorley’s (20% buyer’s premium) of Prinknash Abbey Park, Gloucestershire, on May 21 – 123 years to the day since it had itself last sold at auction.

Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales at £800 or under, including Bernard Finegan Gribble maritime work.

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

At the PBFA London Antiquarian Book Fair, from June 6-7 at Ibis London in Earls Court, Rainford & Parris brings a collection of seven children’s books by Penelope Lively.

Ben Kinmont specialises in antiquarian books on gastronomy in California and is among the exhibitors at 'Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair'.

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

Cardiff Indoor Flea Market is referenced by furniture restorer and interior designer Jay Blades as one of his favourite places to buy.

On Friday, May 31, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1296.00 / €1164.53 / £1029.28

While British studio potters were battling to break through in the 1930s, established factories, even Moorcroft, were struggling to survive the Great Depression.

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

Over in Kensington Gore’s Royal Geographical Society, The London Map Fair includes an astronomical highlight to mark the 50th anniversary of the first moonwalk. The map, signed and inscribed by Buzz Aldrin, shows the lunar landing site, and is offered by The Map House for £7500.

As part of their first world tour, The Beatles played the Princess Theatre in Hong Kong twice in June 1964.

A book billed as the work that marked the birth of modern business will be the subject of a single-lot auction at Christie’s New York on June 12.

ATG’s calendar of book auctions taking place in the UK and Ireland from June 3-15, 2019.

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.

Spotlight on some of the items coming up at the four book fairs all running in the same week.

Coinciding with Masterpiece and The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia, the British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) will host a London selling exhibition for its members, writes Noelle McElhatton.

ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period May 23-29, 2019. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

Coming fresh to market from a corn merchant’s shop, seven early/mid- 20th century enamel signs extolling Spratt’s pet food for dogs, cats and canaries attracted UK collectors to Bishop & Miller’s (20% buyer’s premium) Stowmarket sale on May 17.

Our weekly selection from salerooms and dealerships.