The sale of a family collection of British and American art and antiques assembled by three successive generations […]
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Sales of ski posters have long been a seasonal feature of the auction scene scheduled for those winter […]
Many weapons have to remain silent witnesses to the conflicts in which they took part, so there is […]
This 3ft 2in (97cm) high Roman marble statue of draped female form with a lyre, representing the Greek […]
Medals awarded to Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister George Canning come up at London auction
Pub names can provide a snapshot of British history. Many years ago now, while subsisting on cheese on […]
Two suits of armour that emerged in recent auctions at Continental salerooms. Extracted from Antiques Trade Gazette | Mark […]
A recently released new film about the relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, one in […]
It was not a vintage season for armour in the salerooms, but in Thomas Del Mar’s (24% buyer’s […]
Fees charged by auctioneers, from buyer’s premium to condition reports, have been a hot topic in the pages […]
Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s (19.5% buyer’s premium) first sale of the year got off to a bright start with […]
The latest dispersal of objects from the collection of the late Christopher Martin-Zakheim and his shop Iconastas Gallery […]
A work once said to have “…set the course for the modern world by its effective destruction of […]
Henry Adams has achieved an auction record for Cedric Morris (1889-1982), completing a hat-trick of high prices for […]
Estimated at just £150-200, a sardonyx cameo ring sold to a dealer for £39,000 (plus 20% buyer’s premium) […]
Collecting often leads to a certain obsession, as many enthusiasts with attics filled to burst or garages stuffed […]
A copy of a previously unheard studio recording made by a young David Bowie comes up for sale […]
Much of the pre-sale interest in the 19th century paintings offered at the major London rooms centred on […]
The British Art Pottery sales at Woolley & Wallis have posted some remarkable sums for single William De […]