South-west England

Stock of retiring dealer offered at auction includes items with fascinating backgrounds

Sketches at the Time of the Commencement of British Intercourse with Japan, an album containing 76 watercolours and drawings and 126 wood engravings from the last days of the Edo period, sold for £16,000 at Dominic Winter (22% buyer’s premium).

Two stately home car boots held for charity take place this month and next including the ‘biggie’ at Wilton House, near Salisbury.

Local landscapes by brother of the prominent Modern British artist Paul are now witnessing growing demand

Serendipity had it that two Regency pollard oak and ebony inlaid desks attributed to George Bullock (c.1762-1818) came for sale within a matter of hours on June 12.

The Gunter rule was designed to help with the mathematical calculations necessary in navigation.

The auction history of this highly decorative cased pair of Spanish 22 bore convertible ‘Madrid’ lock pistols goes all the way back to 1843 - with a royal connection.

Fleamarkets offer an endless variety of stock to draw in buyers and two ‘giants’ are coming up soon, one in Somerset, the other in London.

What is touted as the UK’s largest private collection of antique apothecary objects will be sold by the Cotswold Auction Company as part of a sale in Cirencester on June 24-25.

Before hitting stratospheric heights, US grunge rockers Nirvana were playing on a European tour in late 1991 in front of crowd of 700 at one point.

In 1962, Lord John Hope, the Minister of Works in the Macmillan government commissioned David Mellor (1930-2009) to ‘supply silver you have designed to every British embassy in the world’.

Seafaring man-turned dealer in nauticalia, Robin Langford is searching for reasonably priced shop premises near St Ives where he deals online as Clipper Maritime.

Now famous for a career of filling stadiums as one of the biggest and most successful bands in the world, Pink Floyd played more humble venues back in the day.

The popular dealer amassed an impressive array of items assayed in the city