Scotland

Bonhams is to offer what it calls ‘the finest collection of Welsh treen ever presented’ for auction next month.

It is close on 50 years since a 1705 first of John Law’s 'Money and Trade Considered…' was seen at auction, said Lyon & Turnbull (20% buyer’s premium) of the copy in re-backed contemporary calf that it sold for £22,000 in a summer sale held in Edinburgh.

Two different dealers that started their businesses during lockdown are embarking on the next part of their careers.

The sale of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on July 13 included a document signed by the adventurer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618).

Two Scottish auction houses have merged to form a new operation: Thomson Roddick Callan.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Eighteen works by the Birmingham School artist Mary Ireland (1891-1980) were offered at a recent Lyon & Turnbull’s (25/20% buyer’s premium) sale.

An English delft drug jar offered by Great Western Auctions (24% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow was both a polychrome and a documentary piece.

A good number of lots offered at Great Western Auctions (24% buyer’s premium) on June 17-18 demonstrated the demand that can emerge for works on paper pitched at attractive levels.

For collectors on a budget, works on paper can provide a more accessible route to acquiring works by key artists.

Compared to oil paintings and watercolours, drawings by the Scottish Colourists seem to appear less often at auction.

This late Victorian Garrard & Co pearl and diamond tiara was described by Great Western Auctions in Glasgow as ‘the ultimate in metamorphic jewels’.

This Scottish Arts & Crafts brass framed mirror, above, is the epitome of the so-called Glasgow Style.

A portrait of a lady in Japanese dress, a late work by Beatrice Huntington (1889-1988), is offered as part of Harvey and Woodd’s latest exhibition.

Works by John Bellany (1942-2013) abound at auction, with at least 2000 pictures sold in the last 10 years.

A late Victorian oil on canvas depicting steam ships on the Thames at Wapping drew a protracted bidding battle at Ramsay Cornish’s (20% buyer’s premium) recent Homes & Interiors auction in Edinburgh.

Simple white Wiener Werkstätte boxes epitomise fine design offered at trio of sales

Bright sunflowers and urban scene demonstrate different sides of the Mod Brit artist

This pair of Mickey and Minnie Mouse toys has been on quite an adventure.

The recent auction at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium) included the firm’s biannual horological offering.