Auctioneers

A replica Cheltenham Gold Cup awarded to Frank Vickerman, the owner of 1948 winner Cottage Rake, fetched £26,000 at Graham Budd (24% buyer’s premium) on November 13.

Single-owner collection offered in south London reveals costumes and culture of the empire

Son of the famous John Atkinson Grimshaw under focus with two of his own works in the same style

Re: ‘Celebrating a skilled Sèvres decorator’ (cover story ATG No 2671).

Sale including pieces produced by French designer in cire perdue technique attracts international interest

The late 1960s was a glorious time to be a Baggies fan.

A ‘baggy green’ Australian Test cricket cap belonging to cricketing royalty appeared at Bonhams Sydney on December 3.

A remarkably well-preserved blue sprang sash, dated c.1620, was the stand-out lot in a sale of textiles and antiques at Cirencester auction house Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium).

A football collection of shirts, medals and international caps belonging to Britain’s first million-pound player, Trevor Francis, was on offer at Piers Motley (18% buyer’s premium) in Exmouth, Devon, on October 17.

A cabinet cup and saucer decorated by perhaps the most skilled of all Sèvres painters was spotted for sale in Derbyshire.

It was overshadowed by the James Bond doll when it was released in 1966 and was granted a shorter production run, but the Kissy Suzuki doll from the film 'You Only Live Twice' was star of the show at C&T Auctioneers.

More pieces appear from a collection that survived a couple of devastating blazes at the family home

In the 19th century Sutton's Seeds was leading the way in formulating policy for seed testing.