Auctions

Three exceptional George II period chairs lead the line in the upcoming Old Masters, English & Continental Furniture auction at Doyle New York.

Spotted in a regular ‘Thursday Morning at Stair’ sale in upstate New York, a trio of French Empire gilt bronzes by Martin-Guillaume Biennais sold way above expectations on January 15.

A Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) royal portrait due to be offered at Sotheby’s New York has been withdrawn ahead of the auction.

West Country painter Michael Morgan’s (1928-2014) career as an artist took off rather late in life.

A trade card sold for a remarkable £26,800 hammer price was not only one of the earliest-known examples but also had the considerable appeal of featuring the first black professional football player.

A recently-rediscovered version of one of the best known Guild of Handicraft designs has sold at Sworders for £16,000.

TV presenter and antiques dealer Drew Pritchard is to sell items from his personal collection at Dreweatts in March.

Stubs of cigars smoked by Winston Churchill are common visitors to auctions. But it is pretty rare to find his gnashers on offer.

An archive related to the Wedgwood Liberty Ware project designed to raise money for victims of the First World War comes for sale at Freeman's Hindman in Philadelphia.

One of the world’s rarest football programmes is for a game abandoned due to tragedy: the Munich air crash of 1958.

A rare portrait of the magician Chevalier Joseph Pinetti (1750-1800) emerged for sale in Asheville, North Carolina.

With estimates from £100, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.