A Chinese gilt bronze figure bought at a garage sale and appraised on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow sold yesterday […]
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Beans manufacturer Heinz has paid a hammer price of £750 at auction for a special issue 18ct gold […]
The exact function of carved and painted wood butcher’s shop dioramas is uncertain. Extracted from Antiques Trade Gazette […]
A pair of rare George II rosewood candlestands c.1745-60 has been reunited by Fairfax House in York after […]
An impressive Edwardian aquamarine and diamond brooch with a provenance to the first lady to take her seat […]
A pair of ‘champagne’ lamps designed by surrealist artist Salvador Dalí has been bought by the Victoria and […]
The ice pick carried by geologist Frank Debenham (1883-1965) during the doomed Terra Nova British Antarctic Expedition of […]
A previously undocumented archive of writings by Edward Carpenter, the well-connected socialist poet and gay rights pioneer, sold […]
The March Fine Sale at Keys in Aylsham, the first since a management buyout, includes both a group […]
A rediscovered melody by Sir Edward Elgar will be offered at auction in Lichfield after it was found […]
The ceramics sale at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on April 30 includes two maiolica apothecary jars and […]
A small piece of Star Wars action figure history comes for sale at Vectis Auctions in Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees […]
Rare examples of early English porcelain are still capable of remarkable sums. Extracted from Antiques Trade Gazette | Roland […]
A simple toy steam locomotive left a vendor chuffed as it made a hammer price 115 times its […]
Never wholly out of demand since top Victorian upholsterer Howard & Sons began producing furniture from its Soho […]
Underlined by a £65,000 bid for a table cabinet, the attraction of Indo-Portuguese furniture – that combines familiar […]
The wealth of material brought back to Britain from the days of the East India Company was illustrated […]
Silver across five centuries caught the eye at provincial sales in February. Extracted from Antiques Trade Gazette | […]