Yorkshire and the Humber

The Autumn Fine Interiors auction at Hutchinson Scott in Skipton, North Yorkshire featured a Lancashire collection of Royal Worcester porcelain.

From the wilder shores of a Georgian adjustable joint roaster and a 19th century roasting spit bottle jack to weighing scales, copper pans and ladles, jelly moulds and storage jars, kitchen antiques have a rustic and decorative appeal.

Leeds-born, and now Cambridge-based, WeBuyVintage holds roadshow events to value vintage and collectable items for the general public and buys items to sell on.

Once part of the contents of Skibo Castle, an exceptional Louis Napoleon gilt-bronze surtout de table suite by Ferdinand Barbedienne comes under the hammer at Tennants.

A group of 18th century English furniture bought at Christie’s in 1992 provided an interesting measure of today’s market when it returned to auction at Spicers (20% buyer’s premium).

The strongest claimant to the title of world’s first cigarette card returned to the rostrum at a recent sale held at Sportingold in Barnsley.

A civil war-era miniature by the Anglo-French painter David des Granges (1611-72) sold for £22,000 at Hawleys in Beverley, East Yorkshire, on September 26.

Dealers report brisk business at York event in everything from religious texts to rave posters.

Tennants (24% buyer’s premium) recorded some impressive results in its latest Fashion, Costume and Textiles sale.

According to a typewritten record, this brass cap for a 19-gallon fuel tank was retrieved directly from the crash site of John Alcock and Arthur Brown’s Vickers Vimy biplane in Clifden, County Galway.

The highlight of the latest Militaria and Ethnographica sale at Tennants (24% buyer’s premium) was an extraordinarily detailed first-hand account of shipwreck in the Indian Ocean.

While the Elsecar Heritage Centre in Barnsley is undergoing major restoration work and drainage improvements, many contractors on site have had cause to thank the staff at bottle and advertising specialist BBR Auctions (20% buyer’s premium).

South Yorkshire bottle and advertising specialist BBR Auctions set a new house record with the sale of this Prattware advertising plaque for a remarkable £45,000.

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.

After moving to a farm at Cropton, North Yorkshire, over the next 25 years Ian David Smith assembled an extensive private collection of horse-drawn vehicles and associated items.

Dedicated anniversary sale devoted to Robert Thompson centres on three private collections