Auctioneers

Two works bringing demand at different auctions recently showed the market’s continued appetite for works by Modern British female artists.

A drawing by Sheila Fell (1931-79) offered in Cockermouth showed how strong demand can emerge even for a simple sketch.

A necklace composed of nine ‘Stuart crystal’ memorial slides comes for sale at Sworders’ auction of Fine Jewellery and Watches on June 27.

Periodicals were produced in a Scottish camp by inmates to make life a bit more meaningful

Christie’s holds its live summer Asian Art auction in Paris on June 14 with an online sale running from June 6-20.

In the years after the Wall Street Crash in 1929, some of the less expensive gemstones became popular in jewellery manufacture.

Treen boxes and silver caddy spoons were sold as part of the Fine Silver sale at Anderson & Garland

Around 750 lots of comics featured in a May 10-11 auction held by Anderson & Garland (25% Buyer’s Premium) of Newcastle.

Sotheby’s Asian Art sale in Paris on June 15 will include some rare jades with notable provenances.

This 15th century ring, set with a rhomb-shaped table-cut sapphire, is engraved with lilies and other flowers issuing from a crescent bowl.

A huge plan used during the British Titanic inquiry was the top lot of Henry Aldridge & Son’s (22% buyer’s premium) latest auction dedicated to Titanic, White Star and Transport memorabilia.

Tajan's Asian Art auction on June 12 will include this Tianquiping vase, a republic period piece bearing an apochryphal Qianlong mark to the base.

The Fine Jewellery auction at Fellows in Birmingham on June 15 includes this Arts & Crafts silver blue gem and bluster pearl foliate pendant.

Recent results for the Bloomsbury Group artist show how his prolific output creates a wide price range

Featuring in the June 22 Jewellery, Watches Silver auction at Dawsons in Maidenhead is this late Victorian diamond garland necklace.

A couple of works by leading names in the Modern British art market helped Dreweatts (26/25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) post a total of over £1m (including premium) at its early spring Modern and Contemporary Art auction.

Charlotte Corday was the woman who assassinated the French Revolutionary journalist and politician Jean-Paul Marat.

On Saturday 17 April, 1982, the artist Jonathan Warrender (b.1954) found himself in the back of a Bentley whirling through country lanes towards Chequers.

Pictured here are examples of Georgian silverware coming up in two different auctions that are being staged in Los Angeles in June.

The professional goldsmith and jewellery designer was not the first woman in such a role but received significant prominence in the Victorian era under her own name