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'Gillows' partners’ library table among five lots to watch

With estimates from £250, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week 01 December 2025

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News DigestTattoo pioneer got to the point

Working in the Bowery neighbourhood in Lower Manhattan in the late 19th century, Samuel O’Reilly (1854-1909) transformed the art of tattooing.

NewsEast Sussex auction house Wallis & Wallis relaunched by long-standing staff members

East Sussex auction house Wallis & Wallis has new owners after being with the same family for more than 50 years.

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Dealers’ DiaryEdward Lear thrust into the spotlight

Dealers’ DiaryEnglish baron revealed to be the mystery portrait sitter

Auction ReportsLynch images of a rural idyll impress in Dorset sale

Auction Reports‘The one that got away’ from dolls' house expert Vivien Greene

Feature Courvoisier portrait watches produced for Ottoman market

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Ceramics and GlassLiverpool and Limehouse – Maurice Hillis ceramics collection appears at Bonhams

The ceramics expert’s collection sold at auction included notable pieces made on Merseyside but also a Limehouse cup that proved very popular with bidders.

Ceramics and GlassLowestoft porcelain collecting focus shifts back to East Anglia

Ceramics and GlassRoyal Doulton workshop design books fly to 14 times estimate

Ceramics and GlassInterest lodged in Beilby tumblers

Ceramics and GlassVincennes porcelain dish makes 20 times estimate

Ceramics and GlassLalique lost wax located at auction

Ceramics and GlassWilliam Billingsley – artistic genius and utter rogue

Ceramics and GlassGoblets show family value in Oxford sale

Ceramics and GlassMagdalene Odundo takes British studio pottery to a new high

Ceramics and GlassPorcelain producer Nast was regarded as rival to Sèvres

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JewelleryAntique jewellery: Buying trends across a buoyant market

Antique and vintage jewellery remains a strong suit across a broad range of styles, periods and values.

JewelleryWhy Child & Child was the artist’s choice

Walter Child (1840-1930) and Harold Child (1848-1915), the sons of an East End pawnbroker, opened as art jewellers in 1880 at 1 Seville Street, Belgravia.

JewelleryElizabethan grasshopper ring jumps to £42,000

JewelleryVan Cleef & Arpels bracelet flies to 14 times estimate

Jewellery‘At the height of Cartier’s creative prowess’

JewelleryMourning ring jewellery highlights

Jewellery‘Antiques Roadshow’ brooch comes to south London saleroom

JewelleryGiants of Art Nouveau reunited as striking brooch doubles estimate

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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'Gillows' partners’ library table among five lots to watch

Auction house expansions, relocations and hires around the UK and US

Top stories this week including a new auction record for Mouseman furniture

US buyer snaps up rare Bobby Charlton card for £17,200

Pre-Christian Cypriot jug returns to Cyprus after government intervenes ahead of auction

HMRC increases anti-money laundering fees

Henri Lebasque interior scene turns heads in West Sussex

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News DigestTattoo pioneer got to the point

NewsEast Sussex auction house Wallis & Wallis relaunched by long-standing staff members

News DigestGeorge III parquetry box with 72 wood specimens offered at Dreweatts

Feature Watches: Swiss and German highlights from a busy time for specialist auctions

Fairs, Markets, Shops & CentresAntiques shops and centres: four reasons to be cheerful

Dealers’ DiaryEdward Lear thrust into the spotlight

Dealers’ DiaryEnglish baron revealed to be the mystery portrait sitter

Auction ReportsLynch images of a rural idyll impress in Dorset sale

Auction Reports‘The one that got away’ from dolls' house expert Vivien Greene

Feature Courvoisier portrait watches produced for Ottoman market

Ceramics and Glass

Ceramics and GlassLiverpool and Limehouse – Maurice Hillis ceramics collection appears at Bonhams

Ceramics and GlassLowestoft porcelain collecting focus shifts back to East Anglia

Ceramics and GlassRoyal Doulton workshop design books fly to 14 times estimate

Ceramics and GlassInterest lodged in Beilby tumblers

Ceramics and GlassVincennes porcelain dish makes 20 times estimate

Ceramics and GlassLalique lost wax located at auction

Ceramics and GlassWilliam Billingsley – artistic genius and utter rogue

Ceramics and GlassGoblets show family value in Oxford sale

Ceramics and GlassMagdalene Odundo takes British studio pottery to a new high

Ceramics and GlassPorcelain producer Nast was regarded as rival to Sèvres

Jewellery Highlights

JewelleryAntique jewellery: Buying trends across a buoyant market

JewelleryWhy Child & Child was the artist’s choice

JewelleryElizabethan grasshopper ring jumps to £42,000

JewelleryVan Cleef & Arpels bracelet flies to 14 times estimate

Jewellery‘At the height of Cartier’s creative prowess’

JewelleryMourning ring jewellery highlights

Jewellery‘Antiques Roadshow’ brooch comes to south London saleroom

JewelleryGiants of Art Nouveau reunited as striking brooch doubles estimate

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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Japanese art expert Suzannah Yip joins Alastair Gibson Auctions

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