Auctioneers

A Cubist still-life by Albert Gleizes (1881-1953) which has remained in the same family since it was purchased from the artist in 1948 is for sale at Ivoire Toulouse/Primardeco.

A buyer got their teeth into an antique doll at auction despite the foot being chewed off by the family' pet dog.

A print commemorating an 18th century example of British and American military cooperation was given as a present 200 years later to mark another joint success.

This 17th century floral still-life features in the sale of Old Master paintings and drawings to be held by Tajan on June 21.

Hermann Historica’s (25% buyer’s premium inc VAT) huge series of sales in Munich included what it billed as ‘a key document from German history’.

Dealers are now facing more competition from collectors as works estimated in the hundreds of pounds range are taken to four-figure prices

De Baecque & Associés will be selling this monumental astronomical clock standing 9ft 11in (3m) high on June 30.

One of the most talked about pictures sold at auction recently was a portrait by an almost unheard of artist that emerged in Surrey.

Woolley & Wallis is selling elements of a silver and malachite table service designed by Josef Hoffman for the Palais Stoclet in Brussels.

Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas were probably members. So too Charles Robert Ashbee.

Made in 1762 at the cusp of the vogue for rococo and neo-classicism, this 15in (44cm) high Sèvres vase combines elements of both styles.

Mittens worn by British Everest expedition leader Sir John Hunt in 1953 have been reunited 70 years later following a successful auction bid, it has been revealed.

This 18ct gold ring demonstrating French portrait photographer René Dagron’s (1819-1900) invention of microphotography quadrupled its estimate at Bonhams in Paris.

As timing goes, the sale date for an album of handwritten letters, photographs and ephemera related to Sophia Duleep Singh (1876-1948) could not have been much better.

A group of design objects consigned by British textile artist and designer Ann Sutton (b.1935) was offered as part of the Lyon & Turnbull Modern Made sale.

This 1970 Heuer Autavia Chronograph was awarded to rally driver Doug Harris for finishing the 16,000-mile London to Mexico World Cup Rally in 1970.

A small but eyecatching self-portrait by Denton Welch (1915-48) equalled the auction record for the artist.