Victorian silver novelties do not come much better than this claret jug, formed as a 9in (23cm) tall […]

The Design sale at Christie’s New York (25/20% buyer’s premium) on December 13 included the return to the […]

This impressive and rare pair of silver table candlesticks with cluster columns, square bases and drip cups had […]

Among the very earliest printed works sold at auction at the end of last year was a beautifully […]

Pin cushions have their own niche market in the novelty silver field. Nineteen Edwardian examples were offered at […]

The UK government’s arts minister Helen Whately has placed an export bar on a 15th century Middle English […]

Originally medieval drinking vessels, wassail bowls became highly decorative status symbols by the 19th century as this large […]

Pocket guide to pleasure stimulates in Staffs and saucy memoir excites bidders in Yorks. Extracted from Antiques Trade […]

This pair of 19th century electroplated cups, offered by Andrew Smith & Son (21% buyer’s premium) in Alresford […]

A recent sale at C&T in Tunbridge Wells included an unexpected bid of £1700 (estimate £50-70) for three […]

A ‘rediscovered’ lifetime cast of Giambologna’s ‘Rape of a Sabine’ topped Sotheby’s sell-out sale of works from the […]

Matthew Barton (25% buyer’s premium) attracted international interest in this early-19th century German gold snuff box at his […]

Varied selection of Down Under images joins British art on offer in Salisbury saleroom. Extracted from Antiques Trade […]

Australasia provided the talking points and two main buyers at the recent Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) specialist sale […]

An intaglio ring became the second of the ‘lost’ Marlborough jewels to surface at auction in 2019 when […]

Rescued from a skip, a rusting British enamel advertising sign sold for £10,400 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) at […]

This rediscovered drawing of the future George IV (1762-1830) is believed to have been owned by his true […]

Putting classic English furniture firmly back in the forefront of provincial sales in the first part of December […]