Auctioneers

Victorian silver novelties do not come much better than this claret jug by top London maker Robert Hennell (1826-91).

Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes is establishing a dedicated ceramics and glass department, after appointing specialist valuer and cataloguer Clare Durham.

The latest Library Sale at Cheffins in Cambridge included a rare French map documenting the campaign of ‘Charles Edward Prince de Galles’ in 1745-46.

A collection of banknote essays, designs and specimens from engraving and printing firm Bradbury Wilkinson & Company comes for sale at Special Auction Services in Newbury on November 27.

The principal contribution made by James Stirling (1692-1770) to the history of mathematics is the Methodus Differentialis, a paper first published in 1730.

City and United player once mired in a bribery scandal but who played until 49 is today a major draw at auction

Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson is offering something tasty at Bonhams Knightsbridge this week: a few morsels from of his own collection.

Example made in Gujarat or Goa goes to a Portuguese buyer

This early original carte de visite-sized photograph depicting 11 members of the Australian cricket touring party to England 1884 was a stand-out result from an auction offering 500 items from one of the trade’s stalwart books dealers.

The printed work of Eric Ravilious (1903-42) has always been a fascinating area of the artist’s market - something with appeal both to connoisseurial collectors and the wider public.

A Stirling Moss (1929- 2020) race suit sold at a top-estimate £8000 came with an intriguing provenance.

Readers may not know of Cyril (or Fred) Whiting, but if you are a James Bond aficionado the name Cyril Blacking could ring a bell.