Scotland

Book specialist Simon Vickers is retiring from his full-time role at Lyon & Turnbull to become a consultant.

Latest results for works by the stars of the Scottish market show strong prices but a bit of a mixed picture

The art world in the Scottish capital and beyond is gearing up for a busy summer season

Trio of collections is offered in Perth auction with estimates pitched to entice bidders

A group of design objects consigned by British textile artist and designer Ann Sutton (b.1935) was offered as part of the Lyon & Turnbull Modern Made sale.

Collector and author bought pieces for their historical interest as well as beauty

Four-figure first edition du Maurier book comes in the trademark Gollancz design without pictures

A small collection of 17th century stumpwork offered at Lindsay Burns in Perth was topped by this japanned and needlework mirror frame.

The ideas of ‘liberty’ as a cause and a concept were not confined to the coffee shops of Boston and Philadelphia.

The name ‘peg tankard’ is derived from the vertical row of pegs inside that can be used to measure the amount of alcohol drunk as the tankard was passed around the table. The form, made in wood and in silver, was particularly prevalent in Scandinavia.

This 12in (30cm) high gilt-copper electrotype tankard by Elkington of Birmingham copies an 17th century ivory tankard with silver mounts.

At his best Mark V Marshall can give his one-time employer Robert Wallace Martin a run for his money

Cricket scene could not be clearly identified but approximate date provided strong historical appeal

An unrecorded and apparent first Scottish edition example of the 18th century children’s book Tom Thumb’s Play-book is set to feature at the Edinburgh Book Fair.

The naturalistic landscapes and moody urban scenes of Algernon Cecil Newton (1880-1968) have provided a boon to both London and regional salerooms for well over a decade now.

Thomson Roddick auction shows sign that room attendances for sales are on the rise.

Spotted sitting among modern pottery on the windowsill of a small cottage, a meiping porcelain vase with ‘robin’s egg’ blue glaze was the plum piece.

Estimated at a mere £20-40, this Islamic brass bowl on a later associated stand sold for £11,000 at Taylors (25% buyer’s premium) in Montrose.

Paintings dominated the sale of contents of Meldon Park, Northumberland, but furniture going abroad also made a significant contribution.

Dating from November 1917, a copy of 'Hydra, the Magazine of Craiglockhart War Hospital of Edinburgh' was sold for a notably higher than expected £7500.