Dominic Winter

Another tranche of items from the Dudley Ollis collection of playing cards was offered at a recent Dominic Winter auction.

Inscription by AA Milne using his nickname boosts price of a limited-edition copy to £21,000

Illustrious names feature under portraits in a book about flying heroes from the Second World War

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

Leading the sale at Dominic Winter on May 17 was a highly unusual Elizabethan manuscript treatise on cheese and cheese making.

A lively market has emerged for the linocuts of Great Bardfield artist Edward Bawden

The reminder of earlier pomp and ceremony from a coronation came courtesy of a recent sale at Gloucestershire auction house Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium).

Work published in 1808 is one of the highlights of a wide-ranging sale held in Gloucestershire

Sculpture of a personal nature leads a fine collection of memorabilia offered in Gloucestershire saleroom

The work of illustrator Robert Gillmor graces many books from a well-known natural history series

This single-page letter offered on January 19 by Mellors & Kirk (24% buyer’s premium) tells the remarkable story of Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (1762-1829).

Extraordinary collection generates £64,000 bid for collaborative works by the playwright and poet

Small group of the author’s ever-popular works makes a big impression at Gloucestershire saleroom

The auction at Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium) on December 15 included two presentation first editions by Sylvia Plath.

William Nicholson (1872-1949) is known today for restrained and sensitively handled still-lifes but in his day he found more success with his portraits.

Commissioned by the 'Illustrated London Times' to document the construction of the mighty Great Eastern, the young photographer Robert Howlett (1831-58) took some of the most famous images of ship’s designer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59).

Illuminated manuscript c.1470 is a highlight in Gloucestershire saleroom

A fine First World War silver presentation model of the Vickers FB5 or Gunbus made by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company (London 1916) was sold together with two related photographs plus a copied letter of provenance at Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium).

A small watercolour titled A Sleeping Wayfarer by George Richmond (1809-96) roused a few bidders into action when it was offered at auction.

This fine First World War silver presentation model of the Vickers FB5 or Gunbus was made by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company (London 1916).