Dreweatts

It’s wise to keep a lid on estimates for traditional pictures where condition and market freshness is lacking

The high-flyer in Dreweatts’ (26/25/20/15% buyer’s premium) sale of the contents of Collections from Cairness House and a Wimpole Street townhouse was the set of six Chippendale chairs made for Brocket Hall that sold for £95,000 (see News, ATG No 2629).

It is a good time to be selling works by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840).

A set of six George III giltwood side chairs made by Thomas Chippendale for Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire sold at Dreweatts on January 31.

Regional firms report that while big buyers remain active the middle level is challenging

This 18th century Korean eight-panel screen depicts a subject borrowed from Ming prototypes: a banquet honouring the famed Tang dynasty general Guo Ziyi.

Jade censer modified by the architect-designer for his own enjoyment returns to auction in Edinburgh

Chairs and sofas by Howard & Sons are a pricey niche market these days, largely immune to the varying fortunes of the wider market for Victorian and Edwardian furniture.

Focus on three days of dispersing the collection of renowned interior designer and antiques dealer

Pictures were a prominent part of the Robert Kime (1946-2022) aesthetic.

This 18th century Korean eight-panel screen depicts a subject borrowed from Ming prototypes: a banquet honouring the famed Tang dynasty general Guo Ziyi.

The sale of the collection of dealer and ‘titan of design’ Robert Kime drew a flurry of interest at Dreweatts last week, raising more than £7.6m hammer across three days.

Three-inch globes were mostly sold as pocket globes, typically as a terrestrial globe contained within a ray-skin case with the celestial gores for the heavens pasted inside.

This carved marble portrait head of a youth shown here is Roman and comes from a tightly dated period of the 2nd century.