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Two readers add to the discussion on the depiction of a figure in a sampler

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of an exhibition on William Morris and his daughter May Morris’ visits to Iceland.

Our regular listing of books and works on paper sales

On Friday, May 10, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2364.52 / €2196.36 / £1891.62

Designs promoting exhibitions can be a great way to collect on a tight budget

Based on his own experiences and those of his clients, a seasoned rare books buyer offers advice on getting the most from the collecting journey

ATG takes a whistlestop tour of the globe via the greatest recent collection of colour plate travel and costume books

ATG meets Jeffrey Johnson, whose collection of classic ‘Whodunnits’ was recently on public display at the Grolier Club in New York

Two quite different pieces of glass designed by Dino Martens (1894-1970) led the April 23 sale at Aste di Antiquariato Boetto (25% buyer’s premium) in Genoa.

An oil on canvas of a German scene was probably on display at Louis Comfort Tiffany's Long Island home, sold in the 1940s.

A large shark and tarot card reading might seem a bizarre way to bring visitors into a north-west London antiques centre but there is method behind the apparent madness.

A classic of the large blue and white forms of Yuan dynasty porcelain comes to auction in Spain

Current collecting taste means that Old Master paintings exploring the darker side of the human character can often find more admirers than more typical subject matter of Georgian gentleman or European landscapes. Works of the grotesque are particularly popular.

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.

London dealership AntikBar brings a major collection of pieces relating to Intourist, the 20th century USSR travel company, to 'Firsts London' book fair.

A collection of Nelson commemoratives amassed over 30 years includes pieces once owned by the man himself

A highlight of Apollo Art Auctions’ (20% buyer’s premium) April 27-28 sale was a trio of Egyptian sandstone reliefs from the Amarna period, the 17-year reign of the radical pharaoh Amenhotep IV known as Akhenaten.

A group of original works by Prunella Clough (1919-99) came for sale at Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest Modern and Contemporary Art sale.

Letters and postcard written by Antarctic expedition members were sent to New Zealand host family

Dickinson holds its first exhibition in the field with Renaissance artists going under the spotlight