2025

Mass-produced toys need to have something special to rise above the norm when it comes to auction value. A Matchbox vehicle offered at Teesside saleroom Vectis certainly fitted that bill.

This year’s TEFAF Restoration Fund goes to the Musée Condé, Château de Chantilly, which houses a remarkable historic single-owner collection, and specifically to the outstanding medieval manuscript 'Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry'.

Street Life in London was one of the first examples of photojournalism, captured by Scottish photographer John Thomson and writer Adolphe Smith in 1877

Bob Dylan’s draft lyrics for 1965 hit 'Mr Tambourine Man' sold for $400,000 (£320,800) plus 27% buyer’s premium at Julien’s Auctions in Nashville, US, earlier this month.

With estimates from £500, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

A rare A&M Records copy of the Sex Pistols’ 'God Save the Queen' is to appear at Omega Auctions in Merseyside.

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