2025

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a Cartier Egyptian revival jewel being rediscovered and heading to auction this month.

A first edition copy of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone' found on a pile of books earmarked for the bin is set to go to auction.

Sotheby’s overall sales total for 2024 fell 24% compared with the previous year.

An early and previously unrecorded sketch by John Constable (1776-1837) has emerged at auction house Tennants.

A striking example of English country house portraiture, commissioned to record architectural changes to a Cheshire family seat in the mid 18th century, has sold for £150,000 (plus premium).

Three auction records were set at the rock guitarist’s white glove sale

A high-flying lot came to Glasgow saleroom Great Western Auctions (24% buyer’s premium) in the form of a rare First World War subject by William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931).

A letter signed 'Mary the quene' to William Paget on the outbreak of Wyatt's Rebellion, January 28, 1554, is to appear at Edinburgh auction house Lyon & Turnbull on February 5 with an estimate of £15,000-20,000.

Over a 30-year period Edward Curtis (1868–1952) published the largest volume of work photographing indigenous Americans.

Flags may have become more fashionable, but there is an evergreen appeal to items that are steeped in history and meaning.

Welsh auction house Rogers Jones is conducting the largest house clearance it has undertaken in 33 years.

After 61 years on the King’s Road, Guinevere Antiques shut its doors for the last time at Christmas.

With estimates from £1000, here are six previews of items coming up at auction this week

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of the UK’s ban on the trade in antique scrimshaw and narwhal tusks coming into force this month

A first edition copy documenting the sinking of the Essex by a sperm whale in 1820 went under the hammer at Potter & Potter

An early card collectable of Pelé recently emerged at auction in Sweden – the country where he won the World Cup for the first time.

Lyon & Turnbull sold the collection of the banker and financier Bernard Kelly (1930-2022) at The Mall Galleries in London on January 15.

'The London Original Print Fair' will be celebrating its 40th anniversary edition, which will take place at Somerset House from March 20-23

A lifetime collection of showbiz memorabilia brought sunshine to Morecambe & Wise collectors on January 10 as 807 lots from Eric Morecambe’s personal archive were offered by Hansons.

Christie’s has appointed Bonnie Brennan as Chief Executive Officer with current CEO Guillaume Cerutti becoming chairman as well as taking on a new role within Artémis, the holding company of the auction house’s owner François Pinault.