Auctioneers

Focus on two flower paintings created in Kent by different artists but offered at the same local saleroom

Letter sent from Holyrood implores a nobleman to support his course in the middle of the Jacobite Rising

Piaget launched its Polo wristwatch model in 1979.

The latest silver and jewellery sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (26/25% buyer’s premium) in Exeter included two Georgian 18ct gold pocket watches from two generations of the Drummond family.

Born in London, artist Tom Roberts (1856-1931) became famous on the other side of the world painting the people and landscape of Australia.

Works painted by the man behind famous comic characters are sold at auction alongside those he acquired

Two English Delftware plates, described on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow a decade ago as “as rare as you can get”, went under the hammer at Woolley & Wallis (26% buyer’s premium) on February 5.

A rarity offered on the opening day of the sale held by Mellors & Kirk (24% buyer’s premium) in Nottingham on February 11-12 was this George III silver pear shape powder flask.

Elaborate cruet frames from the pre-revolutionary period stand out in a traditional sale selection

As well as eight books and manuscripts by Aubrey Beardsley (1872-98) at Christie’s sale of the Barry Humphries collection – plus one photo of the illustrator and author too – the auction included a rare self-portrait.

Salisbury saleroom holds specialist offering staged as part of a three-day sale as demand increases