Vintage Fashion
The trendiest sector of the antiques market? With dedicated fairs and specialist auctions, this area draws both collectors looking for pieces of fashion history as well as buyers looking simply for something to wear.
Clothes worn by celebrities often make the headline prices but even more affordable pieces of costume by now-forgotten designers have their place in the market.
Hapsburg memorabilia sale to include Franz Josef’s slippers
04 June 2018One of Dorotheum’s specialities is its staging of sales devoted to imperial court memorabilia and historical objects, which are notable for featuring souvenirs and personal memorabilia from the House of Hapsburg.
Exceptional ways to travel in style
07 May 2018The travelling compendium reached its apogee in the late Victorian and Edwardian era. Two exceptional examples appeared on the market in quick succession in recent days.
Sterling silver Hermès handbag makes auction record at Spink in Hong Kong
23 April 2018The highlight of the inaugural handbag auction held by Spink in Hong Kong was a sterling silver Hermès Kelly handbag.
Costume sale suits Pennsylvania auction house
23 April 2018Helen Larson was a keen collector of costume, especially pieces with historical associations. She spent half a century building up a collection that encompassed early costume, couture and pieces with historical or celebrity provenance, helped by her friend Doris Langley Moore who founded the Costume Museum in Bath.
Sonia Delauney scarf among prints and fashion at dedicated French auction
09 April 2018Piasa is holding a second auction devoted to the colourful works of the Ukrainian-born artist Sonia Delaunay (1885-1975) on April 26.
Handbags in Hong Kong for coin and stamp specialist Spink
12 March 2018Coins, banknotes and stamps specialist Spink has expanded its sales programme into the growing auction sector of luxury handbags.
Cashing in on flashy cases
12 March 2018Flash from the past at the Diss rooms of TW Gaze (18% buyer’s premium).
Oz suitcase rummage comes to UK
05 March 2018Gene Hoyle, of Lancashire-based family firm Hoyles Promotions, which has been running busy weekly Sunday fleamarkets and car boots across north-west England for 40 years, is adding a “suitcase rummage” to his fleamarkets at Clitheroe Auction Mart in the Lancashire town.
Handbags at dawn: Dispute between Christie’s and Heritage Auctions over three handbag specialists heads to US court
23 February 2018A dispute between Dallas-based Heritage Auctions and Christie’s over the employment of Matthew Rubinger and two colleagues is heading to a US court.
Philip Mould stages show featuring modern milliner
12 February 2018Milliner Victoria Grant is known for her high-society hats, worn by the likes of Kate Moss, Beyoncé and Carla Delevigne. But in an exhibition of her works at Old Master dealer Philip Mould’s gallery, society faces are on, not under, the hats.
Frock Me vintage fair kicks in at temporary Kensington venue
05 February 2018The next three Frock Me vintage fashion fairs this year will be held at the Kensington Town Hall, instead of its usual venue, Chelsea Town Hall, which is being refurbished.
Top gear drives auction highs in south London
02 January 2018Which sector of the traditional antiques trade has been on an unbroken, record-busting rise since the early years of the century?
Wearing the Vorticist movement on your sleeve costs £29,000
18 December 2017An extraordinary example of British avant-garde clothing made on the eve of the First World War sold for £29,000 (plus 20% buyer’s premium) at Mallams Oxford on December 8.
Extraordinary example of British avant-garde clothing makes eight-times estimate at Oxford auction
08 December 2017An embroidered and block-printed silk robe designed by Percy Wyndham Lewis in c.1912-14 generated fervent bidding at Oxford auction house Mallams today.
Rolling Stones and Vera Lynn among celebrity donors of scarves and ties for Samaritans charity auction
08 December 2017Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts, comedian Stephen Fry and singer Dame Vera Lynn have all donated ties and scarves to jewellery specialist Geoffrey Munn to raise money for Samaritans.
London Bridge vintage market launches a green-fingered Christmas
27 November 2017‘Flea at Flat Iron Square’ near London Bridge has launched its festive events programme.
The right robe for an artistic rebel
27 November 2017An extraordinary example of British avant-garde clothing made on the eve of the First World War will be offered at auction in Oxford next month.
Princess Diana in the spotlight at London fashion auction
18 November 2017Featuring clothing and accessories from the 1600s-2010 – including dresses, coats, shoes, furs, handbags and costume jewellery - ATG offers a handful of highlights ahead of Kerry Taylor Auction’s next Passion for Fashion sale.
An open and shut case for rare Louis Vuitton box
16 October 2017The European decorative arts that preceded the tribal session at John Nicholson’s (24% buyer's premium) on October 10 had included a handful of notable bids, not least the £14,500 (estimate £300-500) tendered by an Italian buyer for a small early 20th century Louis Vuitton leather box measuring just 11in (27cm) across.
Novelty silver kangaroos help Fairfax auction jump to $1.74m at Leonard Joel
04 September 2017Antiques owned by the late businessman James Fairfax caught the eye of buyers with a set of four Victorian novelty kangaroo salts among the highlights at the auction in Sydney.
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