Gloucestershire

AS Fairs’ new event in the Cotswolds boasted star visitors but was also underpinned by strong sales

Illustrious names feature under portraits in a book about flying heroes from the Second World War

Stroud Auctions has completed its rebrand and relocation and is now called Harper Field Auctioneers & Valuers.

A sale of Old Masters, British & European Art at Chorley’s in Gloucestershire on June 27 includes this 17th century English School painting depicting the burning of London Bridge.

A print commemorating an 18th century example of British and American military cooperation was given as a present 200 years later to mark another joint success.

A small but eyecatching self-portrait by Denton Welch (1915-48) equalled the auction record for the artist.

Two works bringing demand at different auctions recently showed the market’s continued appetite for works by Modern British female artists.

Leading the sale at Dominic Winter on May 17 was a highly unusual Elizabethan manuscript treatise on cheese and cheese making.

Estimated at £20-40, this large ‘continental’ turquoise-glazed bowl sold for a surprise £5800 at Tayler & Fletcher (21% buyer’s premium) in the Cotswolds.

Adam Hills of Retrouvius, the London shop and studio specialising in architectural salvage, has 35 ex-University of Nottingham large oak refectory tables and benches with hand-carved details to shift.

It is traditional in Russia for important, respected or admired guests to be greeted with an offering of bread and salt.

Simon Clarke runs Christopher Clarke Antiques with his brother Sean in Stow-on-the- Wold.

Much-loved expert decided time was right to disperse his impressive collection

This eight-day walnut longcase clock is one of six by Joseph Knibb in a 16-piece collection on offer from dealer Ben Wright.

Cotswold saleroom Kinghams (23% buyer’s premium) offered a series of four stick pins gifted by Queen Victoria.

Work published in 1808 is one of the highlights of a wide-ranging sale held in Gloucestershire

The reminder of earlier pomp and ceremony from a coronation came courtesy of a recent sale at Gloucestershire auction house Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium).

This George III blue john vase standing 14in (14cm) high on a square marble base was probably turned and carved by the Derby marble mason Richard Brown for Matthew Boulton.

ATG made a visit to Moreton-in-Marsh in the Cotswolds for Kinghams Auctioneers’ Martinware show

Sculpture of a personal nature leads a fine collection of memorabilia offered in Gloucestershire saleroom