Auctions

ATG's selection of fine art offered in London this summer.

ATG's selection of ceramics offered in London this summer.

The London auction community is gearing up for the summer season – and this year there is plenty of action beyond the big four.

ATG's selection of jewellery and silver offered in London this summer.

Catalogued simply as ‘a pair of English soft-paste porcelain models of parrots’, these rare 18th century figures by Bow sold at Thomas Watson in Darlington, County Durham, for £16,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) on May 15.

Two targets for clockwork toy car collectors on the occasions they appear at auction are the CIJ Alfa Romeo P2 racing car and the Gunthermann model of Captain Campbell’s Blue Bird. Good examples of both came up for sale recently.

Guided at £200-400, a pair of 17th century British school portraits (one pictured below) went on to fetch £1150 each at Halls (20% buyer’s premium) of Shrewsbury.

A quartet of weapons with fascinating histories sold recently at regional UK auctions.

The David and Peggy Rockefeller auction at Christie’s New York earlier this month was significant as a new high for a single-owner sale, with a series of noteworthy results such as a $102m (£75m) Picasso.

Three modestly valued works in regional sales.

Bearing a title that translates as ‘The Book of Correction of Optics for those who have Sight and Mind’, an early 14th century Arabic manuscript made a much higher than expected £450,000 during the recent Islamic week of sales in London.

ATG’s selection of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com from the period May 10-17 2018. This includes both the highest prices over estimate and the top prices paid online.