Furniture

To mark its 130th year in business, long-running antiques and decorative arts specialist John Bly has launched a new venture.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Prices for good-quality writing desks continue to recover – as was evident when a George II example more than tripled top hopes.

A painted wooden shop sign that hung for many years from a store in Norwich sold at Norfolk’s newest auction house.

Few furniture forms suffered a bigger crash in prices than the davenport.

Andrew Jones in Los Angeles is selling two single-owner collections in online-only auctions in October.

Lisbon firm Veritas is holding an estate sale of works from the collection of the Count of Póvoa, D Manuel de Souza e Holstein-Beck, who died in 2011.

Once again illustrating that few countries of origin have as great an impact on furniture prices as Malta, this 18th century commode sold for £6800 at Dawsons’ (23% buyer’s premium) July 29 Maidenhead sale.

Decorative Fair returns to Battersea after long absence as demand soars for home furnishings

Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) designed a number of daring light fittings for his architectural projects – all of them rare and desirable objects.

As the Silent Generation passes and Baby Boomers choose to divest, large deposits of once fashionable art and antiques are heading for auction in the US.

Henley-on-Thames interior designer Sharon Ingoldby, aka The Restoration Queen, is working flat out on upcycling projects.

“The initial appeal of an object is always visual, and that is where the journey begins; research follows, and one is taken across the culture and geographical area which are both influencing forces on any work of art.”

Suffolk auction house Bishop & Miller is launching a series of designated oak furniture and works of art sales with the input of former Bonhams specialist David Houlston.

The second day of Bellmans’ (22% buyer’s premium) sale on August 3-5 included a Chinese hardwood table that catapulted way above its £1000-1500 estimate.

A rare early 18th century folding table and a William III clock were spotted at recent auctions by a Cambridgeshire dealer.

Collection of distinctive pre-war glass produced in Perth impresses at local saleroom

Nearly 200 items of Al Capone memorabilia are coming to the market for the first time after being consigned to a California auction by his granddaughters.