A flying log book belonging to one of the female pilots of the Air Training Auxiliary (ATA) who […]
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Keys’ fine sale on July 24-26 will include more examples of porcelain from the local Lowestoft factory. Extracted […]
A watercolour by Solomon Alexander Hart (1806-1881), the first Jewish member of the Royal Academy, drew dramatic competition […]
Bought by a German collector for €115,000 (£99,140), a 15th century illustrated account of Leben der Heiligen Altväter, […]
Ian Fleming firsts in a Swann of New York sale of May 14 will include a copy of […]
Opening the antique ceramics section of Lawrences’ (25% buyer’s premium) four-day sale in Crewkerne was the William Farrar […]
Plague water is one of the more striking entries in a now worn but finely bound volume of […]
A pair of Worcester dishes of so-called ‘Blind Earl’ form was a best-seller in the ceramics section that […]
Some early Chinese objects are included in the Timeline Auctions sale in Harwich, Essex on May 28. Extracted […]
Duke’s Asian sale on May 20 includes this Wanli (1572-1620) mark and period wucai ‘zun’ altar vase. Extracted […]
Last November Roseberys in London sold a set of 16 paintings on silk by Kim Jun Keun, better […]
A Chinese ‘sleeper’ emerged in a Vintage and General Sale at Gardiner Houlgate (20% buyer’s premium), Corsham, near […]
Included in a mixed-discipline sale held in Paris by Daguerre (28% buyer’s premium inc VAT) at Drouot was […]
The highlight of a dedicated ceramics sale held at Drouot by Fraysse (22.17% buyer’s premium) was this large […]
Estimated at £300-500, a finely decorated Qing famille rose pen box and cover was knocked down for £33,000 […]
The famous Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba once owned this pair of ‘Dragon and Phoenix’ bottle vases which […]
A sketch by Dutch artist Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533) has been temporarily blocked from export in the hope […]
A drawing offered at a Paris auction with an attribution to Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Francesco Penni (1488-1528) […]