Auctioneers

Merchandise relating to an early show from the Thunderbirds creator makes a surprise sum at Kent auction

Latest results for works by the stars of the Scottish market show strong prices but a bit of a mixed picture

Long records of ownership have become one of the crucial factors to get a good result in this market

Auction house Dreweatts’ managing director Jonathan Pratt is swapping the rostrum for the stage this summer.

Sasha dolls are named after their Swiss designer, artist Sasha Morgenthaler and were made in the UK and Germany from the mid to late 1960s.

A rare work of 1767 called A Journal of a Voyage Round the World in His Majesty’s Ship The Dolphin… was offered by Thomson Roddick (20% buyer’s premium) in Carlisle.

The Matchbox Magic sale at Teesside saleroom Vectis (20.83% buyer’s premium) on May 30 lived up to its billing by entrancing bidders.

Not everything offered in the model railway market has to involve a glamorous name such as Flying Scotsman to make a good result.

Showing little sign of their huge popularity slowing down, Star War figures made a significant contribution to a two-day TV and film-related auction.

Refugee artist provided first-hand experience of cutting edge style

Novelty biscuit tin toys delivered a number of tasty sale successes for South Yorkshire auction house BBR (15% buyer’s premium).

It is not just Star Wars figures or film posters bringing the big bucks.

Widely varying plans outlining a faraway harbour and a slice of rural Yorkshire bring saleroom surprises

Combining scholarly, decorative and evocative appeal, cameos and intaglios are a highly collectable area of the antiquities market.

While the achievement of Manchester City players in winning three titles in consecutive seasons – with a treble – is certainly admirable, spare a thought for Tom Wilson, a footballer of a much earlier era.

This pair of Bow porcelain figures of a cockerel and a hen sold for £7200 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Dore & Rees in Frome.

Despite its many shortcomings in terms of accuracy and reliability, the flintlock Long Land Pattern smoothbore musket – or Brown Bess to give it its more familiar nickname – remained in use from 1722 until the introduction of the percussion cap in 1838.

The team at the freshly re-branded Harper Field were in fine form for the opening of its brand new saleroom earlier this month.

Artefacts hailing from a vast geographical area come together in west London saleroom