Auctions

News and previews of art and antiques sold at auctions throughout the UK and overseas, from multi-million-pound blockbusters to affordable collectables.


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Auction action moves from idyllic countryside to rugged mountains

20 February 2023

Two Henry Lamb (1883-1960) landscapes, unseen in public since the early 1960s, attracted a flurry of bids

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Optical expertise all round

20 February 2023

The famous firm of Negretti & Zambra was formed in London in 1850 by the Italian-born Henry Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra

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Marine clock of Titanic type on offer

20 February 2023

London auctioneer Charles Miller holds his next Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art auction on April 25

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Jones of the Stones and Nipper of the Yard

20 February 2023

A group of five autograph letters sent by Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones to a Miss Megan Jones in the years 1965-66 brought a bid of £4500.

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Edison Electric Pen turned out to be good for tattooing, not so for copying

20 February 2023

Thomas Edison’s electric pen might not have flourished as planned for the purpose of duplicating documents but if you have a tattoo you can be thankful.

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A world coming into focus thanks to Negretti & Zambra

20 February 2023

Early stereoscopic images featured in the collection of a dealer curious about how technology transformed life in Victorian times

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Quadrant provided early help if all at sea

20 February 2023

The Winter Maritime Sale at Eldreds on February 28-March 1 includes an 18th century Islamic brass quadrant made in the Maghreb region of north-west Africa.

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Father and son Strutt their stuff at Bonhams

20 February 2023

Artists who both painted Rome city and surrounding views stand out in a country house sale

British and Irish book auctions: February 21-March 23

20 February 2023

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

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Bid Barometer: issue 2581

20 February 2023

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.

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Prize winning horizontal steam engine shows ‘exceptional engineering’

20 February 2023

Steam engine made in France and later installed in Sussex museum graced same exhibition as the Eiffel Tower

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When Short Brothers started to hit the heights

20 February 2023

This instrument dates from the founding days of one of the world’s most significant aerospace manufacturers: Short Brothers

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Music and mechanics in harmony at a Yorkshire auction

20 February 2023

Musical automata were the top hits at Tennants’ (22% buyer’s premium) auction of scientific and musical instruments and cameras.

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Fine body of work from a French anatomist and naturalist

20 February 2023

The French anatomist and naturalist Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux (1797-1880) set up a workshop making very accurate human and veterinary anatomical models.

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Weather forecast all in one

20 February 2023

Dreweatts in Newbury has for sale this fine Victorian ‘weather station’ with a full provenance and a portrait of its former owner.

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Courtesy of Cohen & Cohen: items from renowned UK specialist come to New York auction

20 February 2023

Auctions of Chinese export porcelain have regularly featured in the New York schedule in January for many years, running alongside the traditional string of Americana sales and the long-running Winter Show.

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Jumbo-sized view of the world

20 February 2023

Trebling its high estimate in a sale in Surrey was a large, in fact elephant folio-sized Atlas Royal… from c.1733

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European works on paper fly high over guides at regional sales

20 February 2023

A couple of late 19th or early 20th century works on paper by northern European artists caught the eyes of bidders recently, flying over lowly estimates

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Warfare and witchcraft interest from a single owner collection

20 February 2023

English history and law were the mainstays of an excellent collection sold in North Yorkshire

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Previews: issue 2581

20 February 2023

A selection of 13 upcoming lots available at UK and Irish auctions.

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