Latest art, antiques and auctions news
Weird and wonderful militaria lots from Napoleonic fort museum auction
Looking for some unusual garden ornaments? What about a heavy transport aircraft or a tank turret if space is a bit more limited?
Sensational ceramics to bid for and buy at Halls’ Autumn Auction
Antique ceramics can make wonderful decorative items, often suiting the kitchen, dining room and living room equally well.
The bear facts of ‘Black Forest’ carvings
Despite the name, the popular models of bears and other mountain fauna bought home by Victorian and Edwardian tourists, were chiefly created in Brienz, Switzerland.
Spice up your kitchen with a novelty pepper pot
Call it a pepper shaker, a pepper pot or a pepperette, this selection of novelty examples will persuade you to pick up a piece for your home.
Auction record for Guyanese artist Aubrey Williams set on thesaleroom.com
A key figure in London’s Caribbean Artists Movement in the 1960s and 70s, the modern Guyanese artist Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) has never had much of a track-record at auction. But is this changing?
Archive of ‘Top of the Pops’ lost performances goes under the hammer on thesaleroom.com
One of this week’s auctions will prove especially nostalgic for fans of 1970s music.
Travel in style - five vintage trunks, suitcase and boxes including Louis Vuitton at Somerset auction
OK, so it may seem like taunting you at the moment considering the travel restrictions, but many vintage items from that world are proving highly collectable.
One-of-a-kind sapphire jewellery to buy for September birthdays on thesaleroom.com
Suddenly it’s September, which means sapphire is the birthstone of the month.
Bring the garden indoors with five elegant plant and flower receptacles coming up at auction this month
You have dead headed the roses, harvested the last of the sweet peas and the dahlias are coming to an end. The flowers in your garden may be concluding for the season but why not stock up on vases and plant pots to bring cut flowers and plants indoors for autumn.
The Arts & Crafts pioneer who fought against 'the tyranny of the machine'
More than 30 pieces made at the Lake District workshop of Stanley Webb Davies (1894-1978) come for auction next week