Vintage Fashion & Textiles

Estimated at just £60-100, a late 19th century sampler sold for £4600 at Rogers Jones (22% buyer’s premium) in Colwyn Bay.

Wimbledon Auctions has secured a consignment of works from the Greenwich mansion of the late Ann Broadbent, a well-known local eccentric who rose to fame when House of Hackney made a short documentary on her and her house seven years ago.

The wardrobe of Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022) was put up for sale at Christie’s by Andreas Kronthaler, Westwood’s husband and creative director of Vivienne Westwood.

In what was the largest curated collection of her personal items since 1997, dresses, hats, shoes and personal letters were all up for grabs at Julien’s.

Christie's is offering the largest and most extensive private collection of Louis Vuitton trunks ever to come to auction.

Arriving in boxes, a quantity of Italian Nativity figures were delivered to Anna Evans, head of sale and specialist at south London saleroom Roseberys, with Christie’s lot labels dated 1982 still attached.

Classic Antique Fairs is gearing up for its first event of the year, running from July 12-14 at the NEC Birmingham.

Christie’s is hosting a sale titled Vivienne Westwood: The Personal Collection.

A cotton dress worn by Elizabeth II and kept by her nanny was sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions in London yesterday.

The auction house Aponem is selling works from the collection amassed by the Franco-Chinese artist, pianist, painter and poet Cheng Zhifan (1924-2021) who came to France in 1951.

The ornate collection of 567 lots including tapestries and bronze sculptures from China, the Middle East and Europe went under the hammer at the London auction house

Worn by the late Queen around 1930 and kept by her nanny ever since, the cotton dress goes to auction in June