Sworders

A rare photograph from the funeral of Victorian explorer Dr David Livingstone (1813-73) comes to auction in Essex this summer.

Bust once thought to be 18th century reassessed as 1st century AD after auction house’s research

The latest Homes & Interiors sale at Sworders included an extraordinary and highly personal relic from the Waterloo battlefield: a silver-mounted inkwell made from the ear of a war horse.

A biannual addition to Sworders’ calendar is The Glass Sale - the first on October 28.

Bibles from the Mulberry House sold well at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet

Nine-strong collection of Georgian and Victorian games counts as a highlight of mixed auction

Sworders’ run of single-owner sales continues with a two-day auction on May 13-14 titled Paul Atkinson, The Nomadic Collector.

Cellars and attics at famous Norfolk estate are cleared out as part of ‘housework’ to allow guided tours

Chanel No 5 was perfected in the late summer and autumn of 1920 by the French-Russian chemist and perfumer Ernest Beaux.

A Roman marble portrait bust of an Antonine prince emerged Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) sale in Stansted Mountfitchet.

The auction market can be a fickle beast, as results for the same items offered on separate occasions sometimes show.

A pair of neoclassical mahogany and ormolu demilune pier tables, believed to be John Hobbs-Buggins fakes, have sold for a tiny fraction of their original retail price.