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The Stencil-Maker by Mortimer Menpes

Mortimer Menpes travel pictures bring demand at West London sale

18 June 2025

The artist Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938) was something of a jack of all trades. But contrary to the old adage he was a master of many.

Francis II coin

Coin trove hidden in wall sells for more than £2.5m at auction

18 June 2025

A group of rare coins discovered hidden in a wall in a house in France sold at auction for €3m (£2.5m).

Alan Turing's On Computable Numbers (1936–37)

Alan Turing's major papers sell for six-figure sum at auction

17 June 2025

A group of Alan Turing papers smashed estimates at auction in Lichfield.

Flambé Carp vase by William Moorcroft

Record-setting Moorcroft vase heads back to the auction block

17 June 2025

A piece that holds the record for a Moorcroft vase at auction returns to the rostrum this week.

Moorcroft premises

Founder's family buys back Moorcroft pottery and vows to return production to original site

16 June 2025

The stricken Moorcroft pottery business will have a member of the founder's family involved with the firm for the first time in nearly 20 years.

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Oscar Wilde's bed and desk are among five sales to watch

16 June 2025

With estimates from £800, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

Arthur William Devis portrait

Devis in demand: ‘Relaxed’ portrait of a civil servant bid to £140,000

16 June 2025

Over recent years, works painted in India by Arthur William Devis (1762-1822) have become a valuable proposition.