2024

Bought at a car boot sale for the princely sum of £1, a 1953 first edition, first impression copy of Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel 'Casino Royale', in its original dust jacket, is coming to auction with a guide of £10,000-15,000.

With estimates from £425, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

Frieze Seoul returns for its third edition this autumn at COEX from September 4-7. Once again, it will be showcasing a Masters section dedicated to more historic works.

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a row over the attribution of a ‘Ben Nicholson’ mural painting that appeared on the BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?'

Boba Fett action figure takes toy record from a diamond-wearing Barbie doll

Sanford L Smith, owner of some of the leading fairs in the US, has died.

The trophy was set for sale on June 6 but an appeal from the Maradona family has suspended proceedings

Just three crew members survived out of 1418 after HMS Hood was sunk on May 24, 1941, after a ferocious and brief exchange of gunfire with German battleship Bismarck.

Pictures by the early English surrealist Peter Rose Pulham (1910-1956) are relatively rare at auction but the interest garnered by a few works that emerged recently suggested they are on the rise commercially.

At the third time of asking, an enigmatic Elizabethan style silver and porcelain goblet will finally be offered at auction this month.

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.

Donald Campbell’s Jaguar XK150 comes for sale at Sworders on June 18.

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

Pieces feature key political figures such as Margaret Thatcher and Neil Kinnock

Identified as belonging to George Grenville, prime minister between 1763-65, the ring was one of three items found in a Buckinghamshire field

With estimates from £250, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week

'D-Day in 80 Objects' tells the story of the famous operation through objects selected by museums in the UK and US

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a collection of Fabergé animals being offered with many works acquired by the vendor in the last four years.

An extensive archive relating to Charlie Chaplin goes under the hammer at Bonhams next month.

When the industrialist Fred Cooper and his family moved into The Grange in Perton in 1969, the South Staffordshire country house came already furnished with a notable collection.