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With hectic bidding from all over the world, a fine Japanese Meiji period lidded pot was sold for a staggering 10-fold increase on its estimated price, at The Penzance Auction House last week.

Images of a Cornish fishing fleet long since consigned to history will attract fresh interest at The Penzance Auction House next Thursday (19 Jan 2012), when a collection of paintings by a Mousehole “jobbing artist” are offered for sale.

Special Festival Production of The Pirates of Penzance will include an international cast, assembled to present a show with just one week's rehearsal time.

Gilbert & Sullivan's most popular opera, The Mikado, will be presented by a teenage cast.

International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in Gettysburg, the largest and most comprehensive event in North America celebrating the comic operas of British lyricist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. Also a week-long fringe festival.