Auctioneers

Hermann Historica’s (25% buyer’s premium inc VAT) huge series of sales in Munich included what it billed as ‘a key document from German history’.

Dealers are now facing more competition from collectors as works estimated in the hundreds of pounds range are taken to four-figure prices

This 17th century floral still-life features in the sale of Old Master paintings and drawings to be held by Tajan on June 21.

Although catalogued simply as an 18th century English School miniature, this portrait of an Indian prince is discretely signed and dated JS 1793.

'Portrait de Dolly' by Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) comes to auction this month.

Trio of collections is offered in Perth auction with estimates pitched to entice bidders

De Baecque & Associés will be selling this monumental astronomical clock standing 9ft 11in (3m) high on June 30.

The paintings of Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818), an artist often compared to Chardin whose painting was a major source of inspiration to her, were recognised and well regarded during her lifetime in the 18th century art world.

The Qing hexagonal form blue and white jardinière shown here is a type used to grow flowers or bonsai at the Qing court.

Among a number of works at the latest Old Master, British and European Art sale at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) sparking keen interest were a couple of contrasting paintings selling well above predictions.

Annotation of 1803-04 work included in a single collection features remark about his mistress

This conical beaker by master French glass maker Emile Gallé will feature in a mixed-discipline auction to be held by Copages at Drouot on June 26.

One of the most talked about pictures sold at auction recently was a portrait by an almost unheard of artist that emerged in Surrey.

Mittens worn by British Everest expedition leader Sir John Hunt in 1953 have been reunited 70 years later following a successful auction bid, it has been revealed.

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

Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas were probably members. So too Charles Robert Ashbee.

Made in 1762 at the cusp of the vogue for rococo and neo-classicism, this 15in (44cm) high Sèvres vase combines elements of both styles.