Dreweatts

The best competition at a recent mixed-category sale came for two Old Masters.

This late Ming (17th century) jade water pot in the form of a chimera will be offered by Dreweatts on May 19.

Fifteen furniture lots make five-figure sums as Dreweatts bidders show encouraging confidence

Edward Seago was a favourite of the establishment, royals in particular, but has a wider appeal such as his views of Hong Kong

Morphets (20% buyer’s premium) of Harrogate sold a Mouseman bureau for a tub-thumping £36,000 on April 15.

This unmarked teapot and cover, offered by Dreweatts, dates from the first decade of porcelain production at the Chelsea factory.

When Cecil Beaton photographed the Wyndham-Quin sisters in 1950, he chose to copy both the setting and poses used 50 years earlier by John Singer Sargent in The Wyndham Sisters.

This late Victorian carved lime and soft wood panel is by James Peake (c.1839-1918), a carver and gilder.

At the peak of his fame in the 1969, the Anglo-Italian jewellery designer Andrew Grima was invited by Omega to create what would become the About Time collection.

When astronaut Ed White was pictured during the first US spacewalk it was not only the first still photograph of a human in space, but also the first taken by another human – James McDivitt. Up to that moment all images released were taken by television or monitoring cameras.

James Perkins, the co-founder of rave music promoter Fantazia, kept an eclectic collection of Contemporary art at Aynhoe Park in Oxfordshire.

Two pieces of sculpture – both catalogued as 19th century copies – made much higher than expected prices in the UK regions last month.

Some of the most eagerly contested lots in the Aynhoe Park: The Celebration of a Modern Grand Tour sale held by Dreweatts in Oxfordshire on January 20-21 were those created by the owner of the property himself.

‘Exceptional’ Victorian piece that made £56,000 leads a look at recent notable sale results.

Simple folk art depictions stuffed full of charm prove highly attractive to buyers at Dreweatts' auction.