The Hammerhead shark plate shown below is not as colourful as many of the other 432 featured in […]
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This pair of green stained ivory cufflinks offered by Dreweatts (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) of Donnington Priory was made […]
This poster for Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps is one of the rarer entries in Heritage Auctions’ July […]
Anglicised, Anglican and Tory landowners controlled many aspects of Welsh life in the Georgian period – particularly when […]
In a relatively short period from 1959-64, the Spanish-Italian Realist Xavier Bueno (1915-79) created his most recognisable works: […]
A sapphire intaglio ring that was identified as one of the long-lost Marlborough gems shortly before it was […]
This rare American scene by noted railway painter Terence Cuneo (1907-96) turned up at Canterbury Auction Galleries (20% […]
London Auctions Ltd is insolvent and has entered liquidation proceedings. The west London firm, based at 30-34 Chiswick […]
The Antiquities Dealers’ Association (ADA) has said dealers and auctioneers should stand up to “the politicisation of the […]
Among the objects in demand at Sotheby’s this season was one of only 23 pocket watches made by […]
A Pre-Raphaelite drawing once owned by LS Lowry drew lively competition at the latest round of 19th century […]
The resurrection of vinyl continues apace as was evident when a large collection of classical records offered by […]
A rare pair of bookends by Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson attracted huge interest and a remarkable £10,000 winning bid […]
The classic ‘orange’ Pulcini glass bird is deemed the most common of the five designed by Pianon. Extracted […]
A Cricket Match (1938) by Mod Brit giant LS Lowry (1887-1976) was the fitting headliner at Sotheby’s. Offered […]
An “extremely rare” grouping of military items including a British 1899 issue leather hobnail boot with a shrapnel […]
Stand-out lot in a recent Irish sale was one of the 100 special copies of Ulysses printed on […]
Pleased as the vendors were to be told by Gloucestershire auctioneer Martin Lambert that a 1920s trunk from […]
