Advertising and antique bottle supremo Alan Blakeman of BBR Auctions discovered this massive 18½in (45cm) diameter pot lid back in the early 1980s.

A mid-19th century English giant carriage chronometer timepiece proved to be highly sought after at a recent Bonhams’ Fine Clocks sale.

A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland

The Cotswold Auction Company will offer a small lifetime portrait of the first American president as part of a pictures sale on October 19.

The second day of Bellmans’ (22% buyer’s premium) sale on August 3-5 included a Chinese hardwood table that catapulted way above its £1000-1500 estimate.

Collection of distinctive pre-war glass produced in Perth impresses at local saleroom

Samplers made by siblings or generations of the same family can attract a significant commercial premium.

Only a handful of companies have created products with sufficient impact that their brand names become generic descriptions for objects of their type.

The best-performing entry of the Lindsay Burns (20% buyer’s premium) sale in Perth on July 20-22 against estimate was a militaria lot.

The record for American ceramics – previously held by Salisbury’s Woolley & Wallis – was smashed this month by a ‘Dave the Slave’ jar.

The Robin Simpson (1940-2020) collection of British commemorative ceramics comes for sale next month.

Hannam’s in Selborne, Hampshire, has achieved a new house record with the sale of this Qing famille rose vase for £520,000 (plus buyer’s premium).

A Cambridgeshire dealer has launched a customs clearance and advisory service aimed at dealers and collectors who buy in post-Brexit Europe.

This otherwise humble 1914 Star acquired great historical resonance in the knowledge it was awarded to Private John Parr of the 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment).

The pictorial enamel signs advertising Webb’s Seeds of Stourbridge are some of the most popular on the market.

A selection of 13 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK

Chinese trick or surprise cups were made to deceive a drinker and illustrate the classical paradigm that modesty brings gain and arrogance results in loss.