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Park key marked for Queen Victoria is among quirky metalware collection for sale at Bonhams
Green Park was opened to the public in 1826, 11 years before Victoria came to the throne.
Handbags and gladrags make appearance at Fellows Mayfair preview ahead of auction
Fellows hosted a preview of its upcoming auction this week.
A date to remember: The Robin Simpson collection of commemoratives
Wars and peace treaties. Political victories and political scandals. The Robin Simpson (1940-2020) collection of British commemorative ceramics comes for sale this month.
‘A fish out of water’ simply ‘swimming in the wrong pond’ – the Homan Potterton collection
On September 7, Adam’s in Dublin will offer the collection of art historian Homan Potterton (1946-2020), the former the director of the National Gallery of Ireland.
Cattle painting proves value of auction alerts as the cows come home for Cornish family
A recent auction showed how thesaleroom.com’s alerts service proved key to tracing a much-loved work of art
Five scenes by Welsh artist Gareth Thomas offered at Rogers Jones' timed auction
From his native land to sunny Provence, Welsh artist Gareth Thomas was a prolific painter of landscape scenes.
Wonderful William De Morgan tiles from Catleugh collection up for sale
It is fair to say that Jon Catleugh had a wide range of interests. He has been described as an architect, designer, painter, collector and ceramic historian.
My best auction buy: Hatta Byng
Hatta Byng, Editor of House & Garden magazine
Collection of legendary Scottish dealer William Hardie comes to auction
One of the leading Scottish art specialists of his generation William Hardie (1941-2021) died in January this year and works from his collection are now coming to an auction in Glasgow.
Spruce up your shelves with stylish bookends
There are many ways to show off your book collection and one way to do it is bookends. At auction there are a variety of styles available and here is a selection of five coming up for sale this month.