2024

Arriving in boxes, a quantity of Italian Nativity figures were delivered to Anna Evans, head of sale and specialist at south London saleroom Roseberys, with Christie’s lot labels dated 1982 still attached.

With estimates from £600, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included the record-breaking sale of a Filipino modernist painting in Bury St Edmunds.

London rare book dealer Peter Harrington sold the copy to an edgy Australian museum

Elaborate Italian Renaissance armour emerges for public auction

Early sales at Eye of the Collector reflected the mission of the event, bringing both contemporary works and 20th century pieces to the forefront of conversation.

A box of Chinese porcelain left in an attic in the Lincolnshire Wolds for more than two decades sold for £162,000 at auction.

While the work of British women on the home front in both world wars is now widely recognised in a wider sense, many of the specific units set up remain obscure and largely forgotten.

Key event in the summer calendar opens its doors once again

Personal effects of the actor who inspired the classic cult film Withnail and I are expected to fetch up to £18,000 at Sotheby's.

Thomas Taylor created the artwork in 1997 aged 23 years old and fresh out of art school.

Bonhams’ Fine Clocks sale on July 3 includes a table clock by Thomas Tompion (1639-1713) that comes for sale via an unorthodox route.

A rare opportunity has come up to bid for a portrait miniature of the first US president, which has been found in the UK.

A complete set of Private Eye is coming to auction on July 17, presenting almost certainly a unique opportunity to acquire every copy up to now.

A 1953 first edition, first impression copy of Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel Casino Royale in its original dust jacket, bought at a car boot sale for £1, has sold for £10,000 hammer.

A large prime period ‘California’ drawing by David Hockney, recently rediscovered by Chiswick Auctions, has sold for £320,000.

The medal awarded to twice-arrested Rona Robinson knocked down for £17,000 at Bonhams

Dating back to ancient Egypt and peaking in popularity in western Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, the ‘singerie’ (French for ‘monkey trick’) is a genre of satirical art depicting fashionably attired monkeys, humorously imitating human behaviour.

With estimates from £300, here are six previews of items coming up at auction this week

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included the news that most antique scrimshaw and narwhal tusks will be effectively banned.