Auctioneers

Serendipity had it that three jewels by the Guild and School of Handicraft emerged for sale across three UK salerooms on November 5-6.

This late 19th century French gilt bronze and griotte rouge marble tripod table-stand in the Japonisme style sold for £15,000 (estimate £4000-6000) at Hansons (26.5% buyer’s premium) in Richmond, south-west London.

Influential scientific papers were originally bought by library after a bequest from a local surgeon

Phillips set a new auction record for Adolf Loos (1870-1933) when a dwarf longcase clock, a prime example of his work, drew strong competition on November 4.

An extensive selection of Beatles memorabilia sold by Propstore (26% buyer’s premium) on October 23 included a 1963 poster promoting their first tour outside the UK.

Comic Book Auctions' current timed online sale ending on November 23 includes the first Star Wars poster from 1977.

The artist Margaret Bartels (1887-1932), who trained at the Camberwell School of Art, came from a family of suffrage campaigners living in south London.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a collection from Anton Gabszewicz coming to auction at Bonhams

Fair held at auction house for five years now has become a stand-out event in the north of England

‘Two bidders going hell for leather’ race to £55,000 for scene by artist famed for atmospheric nocturns

Polar bears have inspired multiple models by the Bing & Grondahl and Royal Copenhagen factories.

Poster specialist Antikbar of Chelsea will stage an auction on November 15 which includes this original 1920s travel poster issued by the London and North Eastern Railway promoting the Edinburgh to Kings Cross route and an ‘Illustrated booklet free from LNER Offices and Agencies’.

Designs by lesser-known poster artists can nonetheless be highly sought after by collectors, as recent auction results demonstrate.

Bidders given a first slice of Britain’s ‘biggest collection of breadboards’ from museum in family home