East Midlands

Sustained scrap silver prices of more than £30 an ounce have sent large quantities of middle-of-the-road Georgian and Victorian domestic silver to the melting pot. Today, to sell well above the bullion price, it helps if silver comes with a strong narrative. ATG reports on a few great storytellers.

The annual specialist Antique Tile Fair has now, sadly, been cancelled.

Serendipity had it that three jewels by the Guild and School of Handicraft emerged for sale across three UK salerooms on November 5-6.

Seven international phone bidders competed a blue and white porcelain vase to nearly 1000 times its high estimate at Hansons (25.5% buyer’s premium) in Etwall, Derbyshire on October 9.

Couple start new venture just a month after previous business shuts down

Victorian silver novelties do not come much better than this claret jug by top London maker Robert Hennell (1826-91).

In his professional life Dr Edward Moir (1879-1951) was a prominent specialist in anaesthetics, practising in Manchester and Macclesfield.

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

Manuscript work offered in Nottingham covers contents of Georgian private museum in north London

Like the no’oanga stool sold by Woolley & Wallis, the Polynesian ceremonial spears or staffs known as to’o also originate from the Austral Islands of Rurutu.

Former LAPADA member, furniture dealer Nimbus Antiques in north Derbyshire, is closing and plans a retirement auction at local saleroom Bamfords.

A rare snuff box commemorating the escape of Charles II from Parliamentary forces after the Battle of Worcester was the highlight of Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood’s (26% buyer’s premium) silver and jewellery sale in Exeter.

The huge fair in in Nottinghamshire is still renowned for its sheer scale, diverse visitor base and key selling opportunities

With its expansive lawns, walled garden and riverside meadow, the Grade I-listed Grantham House, a townhouse hidden away in the centre of the Lincolnshire place of the same name, is the perfect spot for an antiques event.

First part of extensive array amassed by Mike Standen attracts strong results

A new auction house backed by snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan is to open in a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Derbyshire next month.