Dominic Winter

A pair of 19th century Parisian novelty silhouette hand screens, made by François Simon Alphonse Giroux, doubled their estimate at auction.

‘Substantial’ was certainly the description to use when it came to an archive related to the Barrington family of Beckett Hall, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire.

An album of watercolour studies of Ottoman ceramics that connects two of the British collectors of the early 20th century raced away from its estimate at Dominic Winter in Gloucestershire.

Pictured here are two fine 19th century presentation copies that, unexpectedly, topped sales in South Cerney and Cambridge in October.

Wide-ranging items from Christopher Foyle of bookshop fame generate a white-glove sale in Gloucestershire

A handsome portrait with a princely provenance was among a group of intriguing Old Masters offered at a Gloucestershire saleroom

By the mid-18th century, as the fashion for the pannier dress reached its peak, some women wore dresses measuring 7ft (2.13m) wide.

Trial run for a full worked-up version counts as a highly sought-after picture in its own right

More than 10,000 books and artworks from the library of the late Christopher Foyle are coming to auction in Cirencester.

Another tranche of items from the Dudley Ollis collection of playing cards was offered at a recent Dominic Winter auction.

Inscription by AA Milne using his nickname boosts price of a limited-edition copy to £21,000

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

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

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

A lively market has emerged for the linocuts of Great Bardfield artist Edward Bawden

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).