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The mid-1920s were tough times for architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959).

Daisy Makeig-Jones’ lustre designs for Wedgwood arrived at precisely the right time.

Total sales across London coins and medals auctions fell £10m in 2024. So, are the first cracks appearing in a market that was riding high in Covid? As always, the devil is in the detail.

Many of the pieces will go to the Far East after London auction held by Alistair Gibson

When a collection of invitation and admission cards, menus and related items linked to Glasgow and shipping interest came up at auction estimated at £100-150 the resulting bidding battle took the hammer price to £2800.

A fairs organiser who put the high footfall at a new event he launched last year down to “intense promotion” is back at the same venue next month.

The second designated Islamic & Indian Art auction held by Lyon & Turnbull (26/25% buyer’s premium) in London included a group of market-fresh Indo-Portuguese mother-of-pearl vessels.

In last week’s news story about auction house overall sales totals for 2024 (ATG No 2679) we said that the highest-value objects sold in the UK by any regional auction house last year were two Antonine over-lifesize busts of empresses which hammered at £600,000 each at Lyon & Turnbull.

A look at some of the numismatic lots that caused a stir in 2024, starting off with a scarce example of Civil War coinage

Credited with saying “an army marches on its stomach”, Napoleon Bonaparte knew the value of eating well, both at home and on the road.

Palitoy was a major player in the British toys scene.

An events specialist who has cornered the market for antiques and vintage street fairs across southern England for the past 10 years is moving in towards central London.

This group of three Meissen models of hares ranges in size from 3in (7cm) to 6in (16cm).

Less-than-pristine paints and brushes from the studio of Lucien Freud (1922-2011) were sold by University Archives (23% buyer’s premium) in Wilton, Connecticut.

An inheritance influenced Boston dealer duo to turn their collecting interest to a different market

This year is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth in 1775 and among the many celebratory events is Miss Austen, a four-episode drama currently airing on BBC 1, which is based on the novelist’s sister Cassandra.

An oil on board titled 'Portrait of a Donkey', painted and signed in 1881 by the noted French animalier Rosa Bonheur (1822-99), performed with gusto at Helmuth Stone Gallery (25% buyer’s premium).

The BRAFA Art Fair 2025 came to a close on February 2 having registered a record 72,000 visitors.

Most surviving rocking horses by FH Ayres of London date from 1880-1940 - made in the era when the safety stands (first patented by Philip Marqua of Cincinnati in 1880) had become the norm.

A deceased estate in Dorset that yielded a notable collection of Old Masters provided a fillip to Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne’s latest mixed-category auction.