Bishop & Miller

Estimated at £15,000-20,000, this 8½in (22cm) Elizabeth I or James I pewter bell-based candlestick sold to a private UK collector bidding online for £25,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) as part of the Chapman collection at Bishop & Miller in Stowmarket on April 27.

A spate of businesses taking stock and personal collections to the saleroom reflects wider changes in the market

Most joined oak settles that appear on the market date from the 17th and the 18th centuries.

Since the days of Magna Carta, it was thought the best way to avoid a fraudulent measure was to have a verified ‘standard’ against which all others could be judged.

Bronze examples from the estate of renowned late metalware dealer catch the attention

Bishop & Miller is expanding into Norfolk this autumn with a new saleroom and team.

These two oak boarded chests, made to similar techniques four centuries apart, were offered for sale recently.

Specialist auctions staged in Stowmarket with expert input show encouraging signs

If you wanted to keep the strings of a tennis racket taut, you could do with a tennis racket press – a device consisting of a frame closed by a spring mechanism.

Other than the growing body of his surviving work, little is known about Robert (or Robart) Mindum.

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 Galloways were a distinguished Victorian military family, as a number of items sold at Bishop & Miller (22% buyer’s premium) revealed.

Richard Miller (1947-2018) was a man with many interests and a good eye.

While wine served by Richard and Sheila Miller was generally drunk from Georgian glasses, it could come to the table via these later talking points.

Thirteen lots in the exotically named Dr Atomicas Journey into Cool auction at Bishop & Miller in Stowmarket on May 7 have been consigned from an individual who worked for 30 years in the film industry with some of the biggest names.

Stowmarket saleroom Bishop & Miller’s Military, Medals & Weapons auction on April 30 features items from a distinguished Victorian military family.

Medal group awarded to First World War nurse is coming up at Bishop & Miller auction.

Model produced for pilgrims and tourists to Jerusalem in mind is a highlight as specialist sales launch