Auctions

Lyon & Turnbull’s (26/25/20% buyer's premium) Lalique sale in London included six of the rare pieces made using the cire perdue technique.

On November 1, Rago and Toomey & Co in Lambertville, New Jersey sold property from the “duke and duchess of the North American antiques world”, Ralph and Terry Kovel. In the US, the Kovels are renowned as authors and experts who published over 100 books on collecting.

Spanning two sessions at Leitz Photographica in Vienna on November 24-25 are consignments from the personal collection of the late Yul Brynner (1920-1985) via his daughter Victoria.

Bonhams’ London Jewels sale on September 21 was topped by this Chaumet diamond necklace.

Stephen Ward (1912-63) will no doubt always be remembered as the man who introduced the model Christine Keeler to the politician John Profumo.

Jade censer modified by the architect-designer for his own enjoyment returns to auction in Edinburgh

The first day of the Annual Thanksgiving Auction at Kaminski Auctions in Beverly, Massachusetts on November 25-26 is devoted to the collection of Robert ‘Bob’ Eigelberger.

The forthcoming sale of a collection of around 100 silver mustard pots in Newcastle highlights the connection between the northeast and the rise of the commercial trade in English mustard

Chiswick Auctions’ most successful silver sale to date on October 11 included a George II teapot of American colonial interest.

The late Jean Louis Chameroy (1946-2020) was born in the city of Troyes in France but moved to the London in 1960s.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

Top prices set for majolica by the French Massier factory at auction in Belgium

The Dutch diplomat, musician, writer and sinologist Robert Hans van Gulik (1910-67), also known as Gao Luopei, was a great admirer of traditional Chinese literati culture.

A portrait miniature previously bought on eBay has been knocked down at an Australian auction for 30-times more than the original price.

A good crop of top-end Impressionist and Modern pictures lifted the latest flagship series of auctions in New York.

A rare 17th century Chinese bronze naval cannon guided at £30,000-50,000 made £165,000 in a Somerset saleroom.

Lynn Chadwick’s (1914-2003) figure sculptures of the 1960s-80s consist largely of angular male and female couples – standing, sitting, walking or lying together.

Vintage Louis Vuitton luggage doesn’t get much better than the 1920s Malle Chaussures: a ‘made to order’ trunk with compartments for multiple pairs of shoes and ancillary drawers for shoehorns and a cleaning kit.