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Extensive Oscar Wilde collection to go under the hammer

A huge single-owner collection of Oscar Wilde letters, books and portraits is going under the hammer at Bonhams next month. 07 January 2026

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06 January 2026

Bidders overlook condition issues as drawing flies to 50 times estimate in Gloucestershire

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NewsDutch buyer secures another British microscope for his museum of science

A rare Georgian brass microscope by Edinburgh maker John Clark will join an important Dutch collection after its sale in the Cotswolds.

NewsFirst edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland donated to Oxford University

The most important of only 23 known surviving copies of the first – and subsequently withdrawn – June 1865 edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has been given jointly to Christ Church Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries.

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News DigestPick of the week: Mamluk manuscript gallops to £150,000

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InternationalAdelsberger part 2 all sold as German collector's porcelain impresses once again

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Ceramics and Glass

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Ceramics and GlassThird Wedgwood Fairyland lustre record in a row

For the third time in a year, a new auction record for Wedgwood Fairyland lustre has been set by Woody Auction in Douglass, Kansas.

Ceramics and GlassFemale ceramics designer shone in Copenhagen

Ceramics and GlassStaffordshire figures collector: ‘I buy what I like and that’s enough focus for me’

Ceramics and GlassSmall but exceptional Doulton group emerge at Adam Partridge

Ceramics and GlassSingle-owner William De Morgan pottery collection takes flight at Guernsey auction

Ceramics and GlassTeapots galore served in sale

Ceramics and GlassBasket picked out from Vincennes Louis XV service

Ceramics and GlassSèvres bottle coolers sell to French bidder at 20 times the top estimate

Ceramics and GlassHoot if you are a Lalique car mascot worth £70,000

Ceramics and GlassDelftware salt at Salisbury auction is rare survivor

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JewelleryFrom Buckingham Palace vaults to saleroom highs

The Airlie tiara proved once again that fine examples associated with royalty and or aristocracy carry a financial premium.

JewelleryJavanese please: Items from the Indonesian island’s true golden age

Jewellery from Indonesia shows great artistic and technical sophistication that catches the eyes of collectors.

JewelleryRing deemed of ‘Tudor or Stuart’ origin rather than 18th century

JewelleryGetty Museum reveals latest purchases including ancient Greek ring

JewelleryThe ‘£50 box of costume jewellery’ sold for £600,000 at auction

JewelleryBrooches are ‘too often underestimated’ says Wartski specialist

JewelleryKoopman jewellery strong enough to ‘go it alone’

JewelleryWhy Child & Child was the artist’s choice

Jewellery‘The place where Tiffany glass and jewellery overlaps’

JewelleryGeoffrey Munn loans jewellery collection to V&A

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Modern British ArtRecord for Ethel Walker as elegant still life emerges from huge collection

An enormous deceased estate in West Yorkshire provided Scarborough saleroom David Duggleby with a richly worked picture in Ethel Walker’s distinctive, expressive style.

Modern British ArtJohn Nash brings in big Bucks with his countryside scenes

Modern British ArtLargest Tirzah Garwood group to emerge in one go sets a test of the market

Modern British ArtGrandmother’s Alfred Wallis purchases bring reward for vendor

Modern British ArtNathaniel Sparks’ ‘masterpiece’ flies over estimate at Cambridge sale

Modern British ArtDemand emerges for Mary Potter still life at specialist East Anglian art sale

Modern British ArtStudio source brings strong results

Modern British ArtRich seam of modern art surfaces in Somerset

Modern British ArtAuction record set for George Chapman at Rogers Jones

Modern British Art‘Gem of a painting’ was created by key figure in Tempera Revival

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Extensive Oscar Wilde collection to go under the hammer

‘People are coming in with their entire stock’

Bidders overlook condition issues as drawing flies to 50 times estimate in Gloucestershire

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NewsDutch buyer secures another British microscope for his museum of science

NewsFirst edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland donated to Oxford University

NewsDo book collecting terms fox you? Pick up a Searle at auction

News DigestPick of the week: Mamluk manuscript gallops to £150,000

News DigestMore than 1000 lots from Cumbrian castle offered at Tennants

Fairs, Markets, Shops & CentresBusiness owner with wind in his sails

Fairs, Markets, Shops & CentresGo beyond the park in Battersea

Dealers’ DiaryFound behind the blue door

InternationalAdelsberger part 2 all sold as German collector's porcelain impresses once again

InternationalStyle contrasts of Wiener Wërkstatte

Ceramics and Glass

Ceramics and GlassThird Wedgwood Fairyland lustre record in a row

Ceramics and GlassFemale ceramics designer shone in Copenhagen

Ceramics and GlassStaffordshire figures collector: ‘I buy what I like and that’s enough focus for me’

Ceramics and GlassSmall but exceptional Doulton group emerge at Adam Partridge

Ceramics and GlassSingle-owner William De Morgan pottery collection takes flight at Guernsey auction

Ceramics and GlassTeapots galore served in sale

Ceramics and GlassBasket picked out from Vincennes Louis XV service

Ceramics and GlassSèvres bottle coolers sell to French bidder at 20 times the top estimate

Ceramics and GlassHoot if you are a Lalique car mascot worth £70,000

Ceramics and GlassDelftware salt at Salisbury auction is rare survivor

Jewellery Highlights

JewelleryFrom Buckingham Palace vaults to saleroom highs

JewelleryJavanese please: Items from the Indonesian island’s true golden age

JewelleryRing deemed of ‘Tudor or Stuart’ origin rather than 18th century

JewelleryGetty Museum reveals latest purchases including ancient Greek ring

JewelleryThe ‘£50 box of costume jewellery’ sold for £600,000 at auction

JewelleryBrooches are ‘too often underestimated’ says Wartski specialist

JewelleryKoopman jewellery strong enough to ‘go it alone’

JewelleryWhy Child & Child was the artist’s choice

Jewellery‘The place where Tiffany glass and jewellery overlaps’

JewelleryGeoffrey Munn loans jewellery collection to V&A

Modern British Art Highlights

Modern British ArtRecord for Ethel Walker as elegant still life emerges from huge collection

Modern British ArtJohn Nash brings in big Bucks with his countryside scenes

Modern British ArtLargest Tirzah Garwood group to emerge in one go sets a test of the market

Modern British ArtGrandmother’s Alfred Wallis purchases bring reward for vendor

Modern British ArtNathaniel Sparks’ ‘masterpiece’ flies over estimate at Cambridge sale

Modern British ArtDemand emerges for Mary Potter still life at specialist East Anglian art sale

Modern British ArtStudio source brings strong results

Modern British ArtRich seam of modern art surfaces in Somerset

Modern British ArtAuction record set for George Chapman at Rogers Jones

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