Auctions

In September 2020, Soulis Auctions knocked down record prices at a sale of the Richard and Valerie Tucker collection of carnival shooting gallery targets.

A royal armorial goblet by William Beilby – among the most celebrated pieces of glass ever produced in Britain – sold for a record £140,000 at Bonhams.

The most eagerly awaited of the five Asian art catalogues offered by Woolley & Wallis was an array of 34 Chinese jades from the Lawrence family collection.

Two rare documentary Lowestoft lots - both made for a Norfolk farmer - could be reunited after years apart. Both have been consigned to Keys in Aylsham.

A secret copy of a commemorative full-length bronze of Lord Nelson holding a telescope which was sculpted by Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll, the sixth child of Queen Victoria and Albert, was the top lot in maritime specialist Charles Miller’s latest auction.

A group of works by society portraitist Frank O Salisbury are being auctioned at Roseberys to raise money for the British art charity the Walpole Society.

Works that come to auction directly from artists’ estates often have extra appeal due to a combination of factors.

Our selection of lots from upcoming UK auctions

Material Culture, Philadelphia specialists in ethnographic art, is selling the Russell S Fling collection of rugs and textiles on December 4.

Works by the Doulton dominate the two-day British Ceramics and Pottery Auction at Lion and Unicorn in Hollywood, Florida.

Signed jewels by contemporary and historic makers come to auction as part of Elmwood’s first ‘Winter Luxury Week’.

This rare Rolex reference 6238 was one made for the Japanese market in 1965.

Wide-ranging items from Christopher Foyle of bookshop fame generate a white-glove sale in Gloucestershire

Kashmir sapphires have acquired a near-legendary status, due to their lustrous cornflower colour, soft velvety texture and extreme rarity.

The Antiquarian Book auction at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood includes a travel album titled The Ramblings and Adventures of an Indian Officer.

Line Vautrin (1913-97) began her career selling her cast metal jewellery door-to-door.

A selection of antique and vintage jewels and watches on a £500 budget that are perfect for gift giving this season

Raymond Templier (1891-1968) came from a traditional Parisian jewellery family but became one of a small group of designers dubbed ‘bijoutiers-artistes’ or artist jewellers.