London

Walter Potter (1835-1918) was an extraordinary Victorian.

A portrait by Robert Peake the Elder (c.1551-1619) was the top lot at the Bonhams (28/27% buyer’s premium) Old Master Paintings sale in London on July 1.

Dealers in St James’s and Mayfair welcome another chance to stage selling exhibitions across one event

Two notable works by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) from different ends of his career drew contrasting levels of demand at separate summer auctions.

Latest auction results suggest the market is showing encouraging signs as new collectors emerge and others expand their horizons

West London auction house takes second-highest result for Anglo-Indian silver thanks to tea service by a celebrated maker

A gold memorial ring will return home to Westminster School.

This 1920s advertising poster for Halifax Building Society features the text 'You choose the House We find the Money'.

Dealers say the ‘beauty’ of choosing older dresses for your big day is you can ‘shop across a range of styles’

Latest bustling Treasure House Fair took place at a lively time for the art and antiques market

A week after Christie’s (27/22% buyer’s premium) sold a first edition of Wuthering Heights for a record £950,000 hammer (see ATG No 2751), the King Street auction house’s sale of Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography set a new record for a UK various-owner book sale at £10m hammer.

Royal Navy subjects prominent in a white-glove sale at London saleroom Charles Miller

Fortunino Matania (1881-1963) is renowned for his realistic depictions of the First World War, visiting the front line to see the scenes for himself, and historical and royal subjects.

Among the most eagerly contested lots at Bonhams’ latest sale of Fine Decorative Arts held in Bond Street was this set of four English heraldic beasts c.1600.

A “seminal document of Parliamentary history” has been purchased at auction by dealership Philip Mould & Company for a hammer price of £62,000.