Chiswick Auctions

Large group of pugilist-related works was collected over more than 50 years by London couple

Coastal scene formerly owned by collector in the diamond mining industry attracts considerable interest

While a few examples survive from the 17th and the very early 18th century, teacups and saucers are a rare form in Georgian silver.

Leica cameras of rather different dimensions to normal clicked into action at Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium).

An early version of virtual reality, the Victorian craze of stereoscopes is firmly in focus this summer

A telephone exchange removed from Buckingham Palace during refurbishment 25 years ago sold in west London for £3000.

These two archival prints of David Bowie dressed in a striped bodysuit he wore during the 1973 Aladdin Sane tour were part of Chiswick Auctions’ (25% buyer’s premium) sale of 19th and 20th Century Photographs on May 31.

Enthusiastic bidding emerged for two paintings included in an Old Masters sale at Chiswick Auctions (25/12% buyer’s premium).

Artefacts hailing from a vast geographical area come together in west London saleroom

In the years after the Wall Street Crash in 1929, some of the less expensive gemstones became popular in jewellery manufacture.

Works by Keith Vaughan (1912-77) from the collection of the man who played a crucial role in preserving and promoting his legacy come for sale.

Two separately consigned Modern Indian paintings were among the notable performers at Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in the early spring, one fetching an expected price but the other making a sum that was more of a surprise.

Shown here are pages from an extremely long, hand-coloured aquatint record on one continuous folding strip just a little over 4in tall, but a work that would extend to around 19ft (5.8m) if fully opened.

Two moulds for making buttons, given by studio potter Lucie Rie (1902-95) to her cleaning lady, were sold at a London auction on March 29.

Two signed royal portrait photographs by Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976) will be offered at Chiswick Auctions.

Among the most striking Japanese works of art in Chiswick Auctions’ sale is this life-size model of an eagle with wings outstretched on a gnarled branch.

Illustrator John Buckland-Wright’s own specially bound and annotated copy of the 1947, Golden Cockerel Press edition of John Keats’ Endymion topped a sale.

The sale of Asian Art at Chiswick Auctions on May 19 is led by this rare example of Ming dynasty cloisonné.

Objects from Norwich, York, Ireland and Newcastle in recent sales give a snapshot of the market

While probably not made specifically for export, Chinese silver rice wine pots had arrived in Europe as early as the late 17th century.