Auctions

With its long and varied production lines Moorcroft remains a stalwart of Design auctions.

In ATG No 2601 we reported on a penknife with over 100 folding blades and accessories made for exhibition by George Wolstenholm of Sheffield.

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The best of nine snuff mulls consigned by a titled long-standing client to Minster Auctions (16% buyer’s premium) was a treen example carved as a ram’s head with glass eyes.

Famous 17th century version by George Chapman translates into five figures

The Exceptional Sale at Christie’s included a complete copy of a celebrated suite of engravings that were printed in France for the Qing emperor Qianlong.

The name Steve Ditko (1927-2018) scarcely needs an introduction to comic collectors.

Scenes of nudity in American Civil War photography are typically accidental or produced in field hospitals for medical study.

A single-lot auction conducted by the sealed bids process has set a record for a transfer printed pot lid.

Works coming fresh to the market from British aristocratic sources were once a staple of London Old Master sales.

A postcard carried on the world’s first official airmail flight came up for auction in Staffordshire.

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While a few examples survive from the 17th and the very early 18th century, teacups and saucers are a rare form in Georgian silver.

A fine example of Viking metalworking was offered at Noonans (24% buyer’s premium) in Mayfair on July 18.

William Lenthall (1591-1662) was chosen as Speaker of the Houses of Commons at the beginning of the Long Parliament in 1640.