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Charles Tunnicliffe watercolour

Oystercatchers create a splash at Macclesfield auction

03 May 2024

Somewhat appropriately given the subject matter, a picture of oystercatchers flew away at a recent Adam Partridge sale in Macclesfield, Cheshire.

Alfred Dunhill Aquarium table lighter

On the hunt for a record-breaking Dunhill Aquarium lighter

02 May 2024

Chiswick Auctions has nudged forward its own record for an Alfred Dunhill Aquarium table lighter.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone illustration

Original cover artwork for Harry Potter estimated at record $600,000 comes to auction

02 May 2024

The original cover watercolour for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by Thomas Taylor is coming to auction with the highest pre-sale estimate ever placed on an item of any Harry Potter-related work, according to Sotheby’s.

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London Art Week announces early highlights

02 May 2024

Ambitious British print series from First World War joins other starring items in summer art fest

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Collection of commander killed when HMS Hood was sunk by the Bismarck comes to auction

01 May 2024

When HMS Hood was sunk on May 24, 1941, it caused shock waves throughout the world, given that the Royal Navy battlecruiser was regarded as one of the most technically advanced warships then afloat.

After Giambologna sculptures

Shahmoon family Giambologna bronzes sell at over 400 times estimate

01 May 2024

Casts of two well-known Mannerist bronzes raced to 400 times their estimate at an online sale conducted by a New York auction house last month.

Titanic watch

Pocket watch from the richest Titanic passenger boosts saleroom to best ever auction result

29 April 2024

A gold pocket watch that was found on the body of American business magnate John Jacob Astor IV (1864-1912) following the Titanic disaster was hammered down at £900,000 in a sale at Henry Aldridge & Son.

De Morgan tile

Group of prime period De Morgan tiles take close to six-figure sum at auction

29 April 2024

The Art & Design post 1880 sale at Duke’s in Dorchester on April 25 included 44 lots of William De Morgan tiles consigned by descendants of Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), Earl of Balfour and prime minister from 1902-05. He is understood to have bought them directly from De Morgan in Fulham.

Matt Easton

Royal Mail now refuses to deliver antique swords

29 April 2024

An antique arms and armour dealer is leading a campaign to stop couriers from restricting the delivery of antique examples.

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French royal snuffbox tops single-owner sale

29 April 2024

A French gold and diamond royal presentation portrait snuffbox was among the lots drawing strong interest from a large single-owner auction at Gloucestershire saleroom Chorley’s.

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Klimt portrait makes Austrian auction record

29 April 2024

A late portrait by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) that emerged at Vienna saleroom im Kinsky has made €30m (£25.9m), setting an auction record for any artwork sold in Austria.

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Roseberys' MD Vicki Wonfor leaves after 15 years at the auction house

29 April 2024

Roseberys’ managing director Vicki Wonfor has left the south London auction house after 15 years at the firm.

Judith Miller

Judith Miller’s final price guide is now available

29 April 2024

The latest 'Miller’s Antiques Handbook & Price Guide' has been published, the last to have been written by the late Judith Miller.

Admiral Sir Francis Austen drawings

Auction buy set to shed light on Jane Austen

29 April 2024

A 78-page manuscript bought at a Bonhams auction could help to shed light on author Jane Austen.

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Previews: issue 2641

29 April 2024

Our selection of lots from 13 upcoming aauctions

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New Zealand welcomes the Great White Fleet

29 April 2024

An auction of traditional European decorative arts at Sotheby’s New York (20/10% buyer’s premium) on April 16 included this New Zealand Arts & Crafts presentation casket.

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Retiring at the right time

29 April 2024

Last month, Dianne Brick of Amherst Antiques announced she was winding up her business specialising in Tunbridge Ware after 39 years.

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‘First black person to be depicted on a sampler’

29 April 2024

Jeremy Knight, a book collector and the former curator of Horsham Museum and Art Gallery, believes he has purchased an artwork that is “the earliest-known illustration of a black person on an English sampler”.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2641

29 April 2024

On Friday, April 26, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $2347.75 / €2189.79 / £1878.20

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Satyrs and nymphs back at Billingshurst

29 April 2024

The first auctions of the year at Summers Place Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Billingshurst – a live event on March 26 and a sealed bids sale on March 27 – included this pair of rare Portland stone groups of a nymph and satyr by Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934).

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