Auctioneers

Ahead of a busy autumn season for Asian art, Asaph Hyman, Bonhams’ global head of Chinese ceramics and works of art, discusses the pull of single-owner dealer sales, the shifting profile of the Chinese buyer, and what it takes to bring major consignments to the rostrum

Theo Burrell died peacefully in earlier this month after a four-year battle with an aggressive brain tumour. Here four of colleagues at Lyon & Turnbull share their memories of the ceramics specialist

Walter Potter (1835-1918) was an extraordinary Victorian.

A portrait by Robert Peake the Elder (c.1551-1619) was the top lot at the Bonhams (28/27% buyer’s premium) Old Master Paintings sale in London on July 1.

While Winnie-the-Pooh works by the renowned illustrator generate most demand, others for Grahame books are also very desirable

Two notable works by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) from different ends of his career drew contrasting levels of demand at separate summer auctions.

Italian adventurer Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806) first demonstrated his hot air balloon in London on September 15, 1784.

Latest auction results suggest the market is showing encouraging signs as new collectors emerge and others expand their horizons

West London auction house takes second-highest result for Anglo-Indian silver thanks to tea service by a celebrated maker

South Yorkshire bottle and advertising specialist BBR Auctions set a new house record with the sale of this Prattware advertising plaque for a remarkable £45,000.

A gold memorial ring will return home to Westminster School.

Bonhams offered the Contents of Monreith House: A Historical Seat of Clan Maxwell in two July sales from its Edinburgh saleroom.

A rare 1804 album of 41 watercolours of British birds by William Weston Young (1776-1847) will be offered at Rogers Jones in Cardiff on July 27.

This 1920s advertising poster for Halifax Building Society features the text 'You choose the House We find the Money'.

Joseph Sherer entered the Royal Navy in 1811 aboard the Defiance. In 1819 he joined Hecla under Captain George Frederick Lyon taking part in Sir William Parry’s Arctic expeditions.

A fine and rare example of Cassandre’s advertising work came up at Swann Auction Galleries (32/27/17% buyer’s premium) of New York.