Dominic Winter

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).

Sculpture of a personal nature leads a fine collection of memorabilia offered in Gloucestershire saleroom

The work of illustrator Robert Gillmor graces many books from a well-known natural history series

This single-page letter offered on January 19 by Mellors & Kirk (24% buyer’s premium) tells the remarkable story of Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (1762-1829).

Extraordinary collection generates £64,000 bid for collaborative works by the playwright and poet

Small group of the author’s ever-popular works makes a big impression at Gloucestershire saleroom

The auction at Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium) on December 15 included two presentation first editions by Sylvia Plath.

William Nicholson (1872-1949) is known today for restrained and sensitively handled still-lifes but in his day he found more success with his portraits.