Auctioneers

Rupert Powell of Forum Auctions reflects on a busy year in the ‘stage-play’ of rare books

A letter from Ernest Shackleton to a supporter, written from South Georgia on the eve of his final departure on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, was offered at Charles Miller’s (24% buyer’s premium) latest Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art sale.

Letters and postcard written by Antarctic expedition members were sent to New Zealand host family

ATG takes a whistlestop tour of the globe via the greatest recent collection of colour plate travel and costume books

London dealership AntikBar brings a major collection of pieces relating to Intourist, the 20th century USSR travel company, to 'Firsts London' book fair.

A collection of Nelson commemoratives amassed over 30 years includes pieces once owned by the man himself

When James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) arrived in Paris in 1855 determined to pursue a career as an artist, printmaking was experiencing a revival.

For over a century, the whereabouts of the painting Tanz im Varieté (Steptanz) (Vaudeville Dance/Tap Dance) by the Expressionist Ernst Ludig Kirchner were unknown.

South London auction house Roseberys has appointed a new member to its leadership team following the departure of joint managing director Vicki Wonfor after 15 years with the firm.

This rare 1880s Jean Roullet ‘Le Berger Watteau’ shepherdess with lamb automaton starred when the second part of one of the largest doll collections on offer in recent times went under the hammer.

The Scottish sculptor Amelia Robertson Hill (1821-1904) was surrounded by artistic family members.

Around 200 lots of clocks and watches feature in a strong section as part of a four-day sale

It has often been said that no other work of art encompasses the spirit of the Bauhaus more perfectly than Marianne Brandt’s tea-infuser or Teeextraktkännchen MT49, as it was officially called.