Yorkshire and the Humber

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

The fashion for tea caddies and other boxes in the form of houses or other decorative buildings emerged in the last quarter of the 18th century and continued into the 19th century.

A Prussian Garde du Corps helmet that might well have once graced parade grounds and palaces took pride of place in an East Yorkshire saleroom.

Cooper Events is about to oversee its second visit to Harrogate in 2025: The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair from June 13-15.

The first clockwork robot with a walking action appeared at Hartleys (20% buyer’s premium) in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, on April 5.

This skeleton of an extinct cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) sold for £17,000 in Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) Natural History and Taxidermy Sale.

This bright-eyed and bushy-tailed claret jug designed in 1882 by Alexander Crichton sold at a hammer price of £36,000 at Tennants of North Yorkshire.

Important mathematical work by young German genius Gauss makes a rare appearance at auction

Here we focus on three events this summer of interest to textiles enthusiasts

Leading a recent sale at Sheffield Auction Gallery (24% buyer’s premium) was a pair of George III ormolu mounted Derbyshire fluorspar candle vases.

Greek philosopher Epictetus (c.50-c.135AD) is best-known for his contribution to Stoicism.

Operation Chariot on March 28, 1942, was one of the most daring British commando raids of the Second World War, aimed at destroying the heavily fortified dry dock at St Nazaire used by the German battleship Tirpitz.

May show at Ripley is always the best attended, says organiser ahead of the 85-exhibitor three-day offering

The pages of ATG have included many antiques stalls over the years but not many that measure just over 2ft long.

Trunks for books which could be placed on a table, showcasing the volumes inside, are among Louis Vuitton’s most popular and collectable early models.