Auctioneers

Sale of Kunstkammer items amassed by the founder of Mothercare will bring English and Continental silver and furniture in the princely tradition to the rostrum

A plaster figure by the Bauhaus artist Oskar Schlemmer (1888-1943) set a new auction record for one of his sculptures when it was sold by Lempertz (26/20% buyer’s premium) in Cologne.

In terms of Modern British pictures sold around the country over the last year, a number of highlights came late in the day.

The estimate of £1000-1500 reflected the condition of an Elizabethan ‘Great Bible’ offered at Cotswold firm Wotton Auction Rooms (20% buyer’s premium).

The Leicester engineer Robert Crawford Johnson (1882-1937) registered the design for the cube teapot in 1916.

Bronze works by the accomplished 20th century sculptor prove to be sought-after purchases

A scarce First World War recruiting poster proclaiming Irishmen Avenge the Lusitania has sold to a London museum as part of a large collection offered at Dorset saleroom Onslows (29% buyer’s premium inc VAT).

Original cover artwork, antiquarian books and more modern novels made up a sci-fi and fantasy selection at a London saleroom

Full array sells for £26,000 while single lot hammers at £6500 as enthusiasts compete in salerooms

Fellow German artists Beckmann and Dix also starred during auctions held in Vienna and Munich

The silver sale at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on February 4-5 includes this Indian silver inkstand by Hamilton & Co.