Auctioneers

‘Any half-good work’ by the artist-mountaineer ‘seems to get several phone lines booked’, says expert

Strong competition came for two small sketches by Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929) at different regional salerooms in January.

Special sale focuses on the death of Nelson, the first commoner given a state funeral

The first major UK single-owner auction of the calendar year was Tennants’ three-day dispersal of art and antiques from Corby Castle in Cumbria.

London numismatic auction house Morton & Eden is offering a silver plaquette by the great Dutch silversmith Paulus van Vianen (1570-1613).

Although he produced work for Broadway, Hollywood and the US Army, David Klein (1918-2005) is best remembered for the Jet Age posters he created for Howard Hughes and Trans World Airlines.

Discovery recalls earliest American silversmith of African descent

The Plateelbakkerij Rozenburg (Royal Delftware Factory) was established in The Hague in 1883 in the hope of making blue and white tin-glazed earthenwares.

Veteran dealer Peter Petrou looks back on five decades in the trade ahead of an auction of items from his collection

Collection of molecular biologist Brenner attracts a lively response

Preparatory works by the Bloomsbury artist were created for spectacular works at Berwick church

Following equivalent sales in November 2024 and May 2025, Dore & Rees (25% buyer’s premium) in Frome was again offering Japanese objects at the end of last year from the wider collection of Asian works of art formed over more than half a century by Eva and Aubrey Sweet.