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An Edwardian silver golf club driver by Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1906, doubled the top estimate at a West Yorkshire saleroom.

Although the tradition of wood-carving existed in the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) in eastern Germany since the 1100s, it was not until the 19th century that the production of intricately crafted wooden folk-art became a fully fledged house industry.

A heavyweight Lonsdale belt hit a new high for a Henry Cooper boxing belt when offered at Budds’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest auction.

The Antiques & Interiors two-day sale at Fieldings (26% buyer’s premium inc VAT) of Stourbridge included this 9ct, 18g gold runner’s-up medal awarded to Jack Banks of West Bromwich Albion after the 1895 Football Association Challenge cup final against Aston Villa.

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There was some good old fashioned auction drama in Ruislip on October 7 when a loose sapphire hammered for £332,000, a house record for any of the Adam Partridge salerooms.

A new benchmark for a Mouseman carving has been set by Tennants’ 20th Century Design department.

The Gordon Russell Design Museum in Broadway, Worcestershire ran a successful campaign to purchase a Lygon brass alms dish by the English designer and craftsman that came to auction in West Sussex last week.

Gloucestershire auctioneers Dominic Winter posted a new house record last week when a violin used by Albert Einstein during his late teens and early adult life hammered for £860,000.

Evans family collection of William De Morgan pottery brings keen interest at Martel Maides in St Peter Port

In the midst of the Second World War, the German artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) produced a series of small sculptural reliefs on the theme of mothers protecting their children.

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A classic early 1930s Mouseman recliner came for sale at a recent event held at Clevedon Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) near Bristol.