Auctions

Sperm whale teeth, acquired from mammals that had beached on local reefs, had a deep significance to Fijian society.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

An historically significant document dating from 1785 and a previously unrecorded campaign handbill concerning the election that saw Thomas Jefferson become the third US president were highlights of a February 17 sale at Freeman’s (26/20/12% buyer’s premium).

Negotiating the sometimes complex world of prints by the 17th century Dutch Master

Alchemical work is best-seller as Vishniac lots create a valuable mix in the saleroom

The Marine Sale at Bonhams (27.5/25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) included a very rare gold and enamel ring marking the death of Admiral Lord Nelson in 1805.

London auctioneer overcomes power cut to complete sale including a mighty Fresnel lens

It was during the Song dynasty that tea parties became the vogue and tea houses flourished.

Strawser auction group holds a three-day sale series in Indiana on May 25 & 27-28.

An auction house in Bristol is celebrating its 10th anniversary in business by holding 10 sales in as many days.

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.

Two upcoming lots at US book auctions.

Try original advertising artwork if you want to capture the atmosphere of an era.

In what was the auction house’s most successful sale ever in financial terms, and one that boasted a 97% selling rate, a March 4 sale at Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) was led at $65,000 (£49,240) by a 'Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen’s Captivity from the Time of his Being Taken by the British, near Montreal… in 1775, to the Time of his Exchange…in May 1778'.

A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and overseas.

Three upcoming UK book auctions

Though it is the pineapple that is most prominent, it is the assortment of creatures that flutter around, climb or emerge from its leaves that are the principal attraction of this coloured plate, below.

Works offered in Essex saleroom belonged to ‘capable, colourful and forceful’ professor

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