Bonhams

A superior tea caddy proved to be the toast of a Bonhams’ (28/27/21/14.5% buyer’s premium) sale of fine decorative arts in London.

William Lenthall (1591-1662) was chosen as Speaker of the Houses of Commons at the beginning of the Long Parliament in 1640.

Most terracotta plank figures from Bronze Age Cyprus have been found in Lapithos, a once important coastal centre on the north of the island.

Famous Frenchman has amassed an impressive wide-ranging array of acquisitions over six decades

The presence of a cat added commercial appeal to a 17th century portrait of a young girl offered at Bonhams’ latest Old Master sale in London.

Collecting genre is being boosted by fresh bidders with deep pockets who work in the technology sector

A fragmentary shabti with a cartouche for the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten proved a highlight of Bonhams’ latest Antiquities sale.

The latest Old Master auctions in London posted the highest total for a series in this category in the capital since 2017.

The flagship London summer sales were the first to take place since the major auction houses all raised their buyer’s premiums in the first half of 2023.

A new auction record for netsuke – over three times the previous high – has been set in France.

Like many scientists and eminent thinkers of the time, Isaac Newton was also a devout Christian who thought deeply about religious matters, as a manuscript sold at auction in New York reveals.

A Brutus Eid Mar-type silver denarius, struck shortly after the murder of Julius Caesar, has become the most expensive numismatic object ever sold at auction in Scandinavia.

The art world in the Scottish capital and beyond is gearing up for a busy summer season

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

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

Portable timekeepers full of collectable appeal need not be just those worn on the wrist