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Grandmother’s Alfred Wallis purchases bring reward for vendor

20 June 2025

Provenance is all important when it comes to the works of Alfred Wallis (1855-1942).

Harrogate fair lines up a Loiseau among attractions

02 June 2025

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.

Extinct species skeleton brings £17,000 result

02 June 2025

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

Nuts about novelty silver: Crichton claret jug nets £36,000

26 May 2025

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.

Numbers add up to good result for revolutionary mathematical book

26 May 2025

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

Boulton’s belting vases bust estimates in two salerooms

19 May 2025

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

Operation Chariot medal group charges in to auction

05 May 2025

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.

Arthur Swallow's event at Ripley Castle set to pull in the crowds

28 April 2025

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

Murphy’s Falcon Studio produced fine silver

07 April 2025

These two silver lots bear the mark of Henry George Murphy (1884-1939), whose Falcon Studio produced some of the finest English silver of the inter-war era.

Mouseman works going, going, gong in Yorkshire

31 March 2025

The craftsman-made Yorkshire oak furniture of Robert Thompson continues to be in high demand at auction.

The minute chance of mining a pink diamond

31 March 2025

A Cartier necklace with a rare pink diamond was offered by Tennants (22% buyer’s premium) of North Yorkshire on March 15. It sold towards top hopes at £190,000.

John Constable sketch sells for £320,000 at Tennants

18 March 2025

A previously unrecorded John Constable (1776-1837) sketch attracted strong bidding at North Yorkshire saleroom Tennants this weekend.

Famed archaeologist Howard Carter’s suitcase emerges at Elstob

21 February 2025

The archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 gifted his suitcase to his colleague and friend John Healey in 1939 and will now be auctioned at Elstob

New dealers help Yorkshire fair thrive with help of local flavour

27 January 2025

The first visit of 2025 to Yorkshire for Cooper Events will be 'The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative Antiques & Fine Art Fair' from February 7-9.

Unrecorded John Constable sketch emerges in North Yorkshire auction

24 January 2025

An early and previously unrecorded sketch by John Constable (1776-1837) has emerged at auction house Tennants.

Disused stations: an alternative sales platform

20 January 2025

Former railway stations – plus one still active – can be ideal sites to locate antiques businesses

Thunderbirds are going, going, gone at auction

13 January 2025

A rare group of Fairylite Thunderbirds action figures sold for £2100 in Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest Toys, Models, Collectables & Sporting sale.

It’s the turn of Grimshaw Junior to step into the moonlight

09 December 2024

Son of the famous John Atkinson Grimshaw under focus with two of his own works in the same style

Bidder catches silver fox at £100,000 hammer

25 November 2024

A spectacular Victorian silver fox modelled by taxidermist James Rowland Ward sold for £100,000 at Tennants on November 16.

Ilkley fair on the way