Edinburgh

Ingenious design sold at auction involves a wind-out mechanism and extra pieces to fill

Wedgwood design was made from clay found when the First Fleet landed in Australia.

Modern and Contemporary art collectors are increasingly willing to consider sculpture, creating a strong and dynamic market

Often from poor communities and mostly illiterate, men were limited in the ways in which they could plight their troth in 18th and 19th century Wales.

Glasgow School designer’s embroidered silk design instantly stood out in a box of fabric.

Archibald Knox’s work for Liberty & Co often drew on the rich cultural heritage of his native Isle of Man.

Two abstract landscapes by Denis Wirth-Miller (1915-2010) were among the works in demand at the latest Post-War and Contemporary art sale held at Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh.

Novelty condiment sets inspired by the far reaches of the British Empire are a feature of Victorian silver.

Bonhams has relaunched its oak and folk art sales – this time in Edinburgh.

On offer at the Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs sale held by Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on September 28 is an anti-slavery broadside: 'The Sorrows of Yamba, or, the Negro Woman’s Lamentation. To the Tune of Hosier’s Ghost'.

Edinburgh auction highlights work of the Highlands silversmiths who operated far from the control of the assay office in the Scottish capital

Nineteenth and early 20th century novelty silver continues to be one of the strengths of the collecting category.

The sale of Scottish Works of Art & Whisky at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on August 17 included this remarkable mid-18th century Jacobite goblet.

Bonhams is to offer what it calls ‘the finest collection of Welsh treen ever presented’ for auction next month.

It is close on 50 years since a 1705 first of John Law’s 'Money and Trade Considered…' was seen at auction, said Lyon & Turnbull (20% buyer’s premium) of the copy in re-backed contemporary calf that it sold for £22,000 in a summer sale held in Edinburgh.

The sale of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on July 13 included a document signed by the adventurer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618).

Eighteen works by the Birmingham School artist Mary Ireland (1891-1980) were offered at a recent Lyon & Turnbull’s (25/20% buyer’s premium) sale.

For collectors on a budget, works on paper can provide a more accessible route to acquiring works by key artists.

Compared to oil paintings and watercolours, drawings by the Scottish Colourists seem to appear less often at auction.

A portrait of a lady in Japanese dress, a late work by Beatrice Huntington (1889-1988), is offered as part of Harvey and Woodd’s latest exhibition.