Auctions

Silver specialist says collectors were raring to go at a Salisbury auction after months of staring at an online catalogue

The principal private collection of silver sold at Woolley & Wallis's latest specialist auction included a fine array of caddy spoons.

A vendor had a nice surprise when a painting she inherited from her aunt and formerly owned by her grandmother proved much more valuable than she realised.

Discovered lying unrecognised on a bookcase in a Sussex cottage, a unique edition of Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard will be offered at Gorringe’s this month with a £100,000-150,000 estimate.

Copenhagen auction house Bruun Rasmussen achieved a house record with the sale of an early Ming porcelain dish.

The stern face, luxurious moustache and pointing finger are instantly familiar – but the message below Kitchener’s intense gaze not so.

Two impressive Battle of Britain medal groups offered a day apart at separate auctions both took six-figure sums.

A recent sale at Gildings (20% buyer’s premium) of Market Harborough included a number of medals of historical interest.

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, including both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.

Range of Sèvres highlights from ancien regime to the empire periods sold in UK auctions

Interest in the exquisitely detailed ornithological paintings produced by Indian artists from the late 18th to the mid-19th centuries has grown significantly over the last few decades.

The 466-lot sale of the Sally Hunter and Ian Posgate collection at Sworders was a marathon event – taking over 10 hours in all.

Trying to set a water-speed record is one of sport’s most hazardous competitions – with a high fatality rate as a result.

Based on a slightly earlier American original called The Landlords Game, this example of Brer Fox an’ Brer Rabbit dates to 1913.

Sold for $42,500 (£30,795) was a very appealing Einstein lot that offered a short but amusing letter dating from November 1928 and a signed photo-portrait.

The Travellers Tour through the United States of 1822 was once described as the first American board game.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of a Bonhams auction of items from dealers Lorfords in Tetbury.