Auctions

Modern British pictures sold at Gildings’ (20% buyer’s premium) recent Fine & Decorative Arts and Antiques auction helped the Leicestershire saleroom to the highest total in its 41-year history.

Algernon Newton (1880-1968) has been one of the stars of the season with both his urban and rural scenes attracting high prices in the regions in the last month.

A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.

Lowestoft porcelain is particularly admired for its sense of place: the close ties the factory on Crown Street (then Bell Lane) enjoyed with its local community in Norfolk and Suffolk between 1757-1802.

Bentley owners and fanciers had the opportunity to acquire some scarce memorabilia in a spring sale at Bourne End Auctions (17.5% buyer’s premium).

The Five Centuries sale at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on May 20 included a sensational example of medieval art – a 14th century French gothic ivory casket or coffret.

A gold medal proclaiming Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the Church of England – the only known example in private hands – comes for sale in Switzerland.

Copy of the 1931 Golden Cockerel edition of The Four Gospels illustrated with woodcuts by Eric Gill stars in Bath auction.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

At 2ft 5in (74cm) high, this English made wooden doll c.1740 is unusually large.

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.

While Georgian spectacles are relatively common at auction, 17th century examples are a rarer beast.

Trio of family paintings depicting Jervis’ finest hour bring £90,000 result for marine specialist Charles Miller

Albert Einstein letter on Communism is one of the stand-out performers in a Chicago auction

Contents of a Straits Chinese shophouse sold at auction provide window to the past

As part of its spring sale series in Hong Kong, Bonhams’ Fine Chinese Art auction will open with a section titled Beauty and Beyond Women in Chinese art.

Artcurial holds one of its periodic sales of Old Master and 19th century paintings and drawings on June 9.