Very much a buyer’s market these days, English ceramics in their various forms are affordable to collectors on […]
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The bronze pieces produced by Rene Lalique are perhaps less well-known than the master’s jewellery and glass but […]
The festive season is upon us. And as art market tradition dictates, this means a generous helping of […]
Dated 1536 and printed in Antwerp, a defective copy of what is known as the ‘mole’ edition of […]
Originally given as presents to infants, early dolls, rocking horses and even board games can now inspire passions […]
Arthur Saul’s Famous Game of Chesse-Play…, the first published book on the game written by an Englishman, came […]
It is 40 years since 19th century potlids were the collectables of choice but there is still a […]
An exceptionally rare Western Zhou bronze, taken when the Summer Palace was sacked by British troops in 1860, […]
Two under-catalogued Sino-Tibetan bronzes illuminated the regional saleroom scene with multi-estimate sums in the final days of November. […]
Believed to have been in the same family since new, a rare 19th century Jules Steiner doll and […]
A rare rocking horse by one of the top 19th-early 20th century makers, FH Ayres of London, left […]
Identifying the sitters of the past is one of the biggest drivers of value when it comes to […]
The Dutch animal painter Paulus Potter (1625-54) succeeded in producing about 100 paintings before he died at the […]
The highlight of the latest series of Old Master auctions in London was not a painting this time […]
Despite some condition issues, such as composite body, right hand thumb missing and slight damage to fingers and […]
The auction house handling the much-contested sale of Boris Becker’s personal collection has said the event will now […]
Auctioneer Richard Madley has been replaced with former Christie’s auctioneer Hugh Edmeades by the Board of Control for […]
With the Paris ‘Temps Forts’ high season now under way in the salerooms as riots rage in the […]