Auctions

Institution based in Aberystwyth purchases five post-war works at regular dedicated Welsh auction

Two early documents featuring female authors are among the highlights in a wide-ranging sale selection

Moses automaton watch is one of the stand-out hammer highlights in recent sales

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

Our regular update of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Porcelain from the Staffordshire factory takes up half a sale – and it’s just the first part of a huge collection

Tristram Hillier (1905-83) described the Surrealist pictures he created at Étretat, the picturesque town on the north-western coast of France, as “some of the best I have ever made”.

Our look ahead to some of the many stand-out items on offer at auctions this summer.

Scale models such as these Grand Tour-era plaster of Paris models of classical temples were used as prototypes by architects and inspiration for their own designs

At the same time as a naval arms race was taking place in the years just before the First World War another maritime competition developed in the shape of liners.