Auctions

Papers outline the journeys extraordinary for even a Victorian military man and explorer

High quality sporting cups for Cowes Week yachting and Indian horse racing sell to American bidders

A private collection of 17th century lantern and longcase clocks recently came for sale at Dawsons (27.5% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead.

A hitherto unknown c.1902 lithographic poster for Buffalo Bill’s famed Wild West show hammered for $40,000 (£29,510) at Morphy Auctions (23% buyer’s premium) in Las Vegas.

Witherell (25/26% buyer’s premium) in Sacramento, California, posted healthy results for two markedly different lots of British origin: a scarce sporting cartridge advertising display and a silver epergne.

Edwardian silver and enamel desk sets are rarely as extensive as this one sold by Franklin Browns (18% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh.

Discovered as a ‘box of bits’ in the late 1960s when clearing the attic of a London residence, a ‘First Period’ lantern clock was placed in storage until being put back together in the 1980s.

Elements of a well-documented Empire period Sèvres dinner and dessert service surfaced at Kinghams (26% buyer’s premium) in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, on March 4.

The 1931 etching, drypoint, and aquatint titled Two Beauties by French artist Louis Icart (1888-1950) features subjects he knew and loved.

Paintings of youngsters prove popular but provide a looser, less formal and spontaneous appeal

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

A diminutive but rare mid-17th century needlework picture sold for £11,000 in Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest Fashion, Costume and Textiles Sale.

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

Works by Modern British artists dominated the latest series of Modern and Contemporary art auctions in London.

This “incredibly rare elaborate, fantastical and exquisitely carved” oak draw-leaf table, dating from the Golden Age of the English Renaissance, stood out at the Paul Fitzsimmons – A Life in Oak sale.