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Painted with a scene of two St Ives double-ended mackerel luggers heeling to an offshore breeze, this Alfred Wallis (1855-1942) has what Mimi Connell-Lay from Cornish saleroom Lay’s calls “an absolute dream of a provenance”.

As yet another British prime minister steps/is forced aside, a lot coming up at Lewes saleroom Gorringe’s on July 7 gives a reminder of an earlier momentous change in power.

The so-called Biscuit Tin Episode in the life of author Charles Dodgson left behind a great collectable: the W&R Jacob & Co lithographed tin, one of which was offered by Hartley’s on June 17.

New UK anti-money laundering rules coming into force are set to affect auction houses, dealerships, art advisers and other art market participants.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a judge's ruling in a case over staff accessing customer data and contact details ahead of joining a rival firm

Our selection of lots from seven upcoming auctions

A TV casting director who launched a vintage and mid-century fair in March at the Grade I-listed St Stephen’s Church in Hampstead (with another in June) is moving to another ecclesiastical setting on Saturday, July 11, for the third event, also in north London.

Items from the collection of architect Christopher Smallwood (1937-2024) were offered for sale at Dreweatts on May 13.

A house record for Olympia Auctions’ (25% buyer’s premium) picture department was achieved in early June when a beach scene by LS Lowry (1887-1976) took an above-estimate £190,000.

Raised in Miami Beach, Stephen Farber’s distinguished medical career took him to New York, St Louis, Ann Arbor, Charlottesville, and Toledo. And along the way, he bought books.

Dolls’ houses, these tiny homes and their teensy furniture, create passionate collectors.

Out of vogue for a decade or more, most Regency mahogany linen presses sell for a few hundred pounds at auction.

A rare English silkwork portrait miniature of Charles I sold well above its £3000-5000 estimate for £24,000 at a Bonhams (28/27% buyer’s premium) sale that ran online from June 2-16.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

The contents of the London home furnished by a renowned Christie’s auctioneer and a distinguished interior decorator emerged at Dreweatts (27/26% buyer’s premium) earlier this month.

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

On Thursday, June 25, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold trading price of: $3996.03 / €3509.25 / £3027.30

Your monthly guide to current prices

A notable sum for Christopher Wood (1901-30) was recorded at Gloucestershire saleroom Chorley’s (25% buyer’s premium).