Auction Reports

While prices and interest have been declining in desk sets since computer laptops rendered them largely redundant, there are exceptions.

Some of the zest has gone out of the teddy bear market since the crazy days of two decades ago.

Richard Miller (1947-2018) was a man with many interests and a good eye.

The best-performing lots in the tribal art sale at Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury on June 8 were these two pieces: an Ibibio mask (idiok ekpo) sold at £30,000 and a Nicobar standing male figure (kareau) that brought £34,000.

While wine served by Richard and Sheila Miller was generally drunk from Georgian glasses, it could come to the table via these later talking points.

The stopwatch used by English referee Jack Taylor in the 1974 World Cup final sold for a within-estimate £3300 at Fellows (23/15% buyer’s premium) in Birmingham.

The 1702 Accession of Queen Anne medal is not uncommon in copper and silver but very rare in gold.

A tobacco pipe which opened the series and an opium one which ended it – interspersed by a cigar stub – met keen demand at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium).

Polymath Gerald Moore’s collection and his own artwork both attract bidders as Summers Place saleroom returns to action

A group of 56 medals awarded to pioneering photographer Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941) is heading back to the area he covered in his evocative images.

Gavin Campbell (1851-1922), the 7th Earl of Breadalbane, was a prominent society figure and Liberal politician in the Gladstone administration but is best known in collecting circles as the owner of a vast array of silver.

Two very good pieces of English treen were offered by Hannam’s (23% buyer’s premium) at a recent auction in Selborne.

Beer jug or wine jug? The expect purpose of Georgian silver pear-shaped jugs is sometimes unclear.

Silver specialist says collectors were raring to go at a Salisbury auction after months of staring at an online catalogue

The principal private collection of silver sold at Woolley & Wallis's latest specialist auction included a fine array of caddy spoons.

A recent sale at Gildings (20% buyer’s premium) of Market Harborough included a number of medals of historical interest.

Range of Sèvres highlights from ancien regime to the empire periods sold in UK auctions

Trying to set a water-speed record is one of sport’s most hazardous competitions – with a high fatality rate as a result.

More Odundo ceramics pieces sell well at specialist auction house Maak

Shown here are two highlights from sales of Islamic & Indian art held by London salerooms recently.