Auctioneers

An early 19th century transformation game featured at Mellors & Kirk (24% buyer’s premium) in Nottingham as part of a January 17 sale.

The personal stories behind medals are becoming increasingly relevant to collectors.

Vice Admiral Davidge Gould was the last surviving member of Nelson’s Band of Brothers, dying in 1847

In its earliest days flying was frequently lethal, in and out of combat.

By the end of the First World War it has been estimated that over eight million horses had died.

Society portraits from the early part of the 20th century retain a good following at auction

Freeman’s in Philaldephia is selling the far-reaching Ellis and Suzanne Rubin collection of Wedgwood across a number of sales.

Strong provenance helps seated guardian figure estimated at £100-150 to stand out at Derbyshire auction

Focus on two contrasting sculptures from the same era by Feuchere and Boehm sold in recent auctions

Although now long forgotten, the London family firm of Nixey’s was a household name in the second half of the 19th century

Medals awarded to a gallant soldier who was gassed in the First World War were sold at auction just a few minutes’ walk from the house where he was born.

Bringing international interest to a Dorset auction, a limited edition Pierre Soulages (b.1919) print generated a strong bidding contest

With the ivory versions now heavily restricted, a New York auction provided a test of the current market

Anti-slavery objects are enjoying a particularly strong moment in the market.

Three former Chiswick Auctions’ picture specialists have joined west London saleroom Olympia Auctions.

A record for Peranakan or Straits Settlement porcelain was set at an auction in Singapore when a Guangxu kamcheng took Sin$74,000 (£46,000).

Copies of the 1615 reprint of the Geneva or ‘Breeches’ Bible are not too scarce.

Signed presidential and other politically significant documents and letters brought high bids at a Heritage (15/20/15% buyer’s premium) sale, but more costly than those lots was this photograph of Marilyn Monroe.

Works by Mr Brainwash (b.1966) are becoming an increasingly common sight at auction.