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For more than 10 years a banner sat stowed away in a cupboard at a little charity shop in Leeds after it was donated. Little did the staff know that one day that same once-forgotten item would sell at auction for a hammer price of £13,600.

One of pop artist Andy Warhol’s first self-portraits was hammered down at £5.2m in a London sale.

More than $3.1bn of art, antiques and collectables sell online each year but around a fifth of dealers still have no plans to begin selling online, according to a recent report.

The novel that introduced the world to James Bond, ‘Casino Royale’ of 1953, has long been a key target for collectors. Anyone who laid out 10/6d for a copy over 60 years ago and has kept good care of the book will have done themselves or their descendants proud.

‘Fine Arts Paris’, the new fair in Paris being held in November at the Palais Brongniart , has announced its exhibitor list for its inaugural staging.

The Vauxhall Art Car Boot has its next run at a new location: The Workshop in London’s Lambeth High Street on July 9, where it will also host a selection of vintage and antiques.

Police are appealing to the trade to help locate jewellery stolen in Shropshire.