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A near-derelict Victorian house on the Isle of Wight unearthed a number of interesting finds for Island Auction Rooms including silver, jewellery, pictures and other collectables which will be offered on October 16.

A large array of hunting items is to be included at Mitchells of Cockermouth’s sporting sale on October 13.

Thirty original Art Deco seats from Cirencester’s Regal Cinema, demolished in 2004, are going under the hammer at local auction house Moore Allen & Innocent on October 12.

This 17in (43cm) high bronze by Demetre Chiparus has been consigned by an elderly lady who had owned it from new to Durrants’ sale on October 12 in Beccles, Suffolk.

For ten years now, London’s ‘Frieze’ art fair has been a temple that consigns itself strictly to the new and the now. Dedicated to art produced after the year 2000, collectors, curators and the general public have flocked to see the spectacle and view the next big thing.

A unique free online resource that gives access to thousands of paintings in public collections across the UK is due to be completed in December.

The popular ‘Antiques & Home Show’, held six times a year at the Lincolnshire Showground, is to change from a three- to a two-day event.