Kinghams

Spotlight on copy sold in superb Strutz collection – plus a look at other recent results for the Tolkien classic

Pair of rare and early French examples offered separately create a bidding frenzy despite condition issues

It was a piece of modern design that led Kinghams’ (25/18/15% buyer’s premium) latest dedicated sale of silver and objects of vertu.

These two pieces share a common Aesthetic-movement style and a link to the influential and avant-garde designer Christopher Dresser

A selection of previews from three British sales and another in Germany

Explorer and naval captain George Vancouver set sail from King’s Lynn in April 1791 aboard HMS Discovery to survey the Pacific Northwest coastline of North America.

Works by Mary Fedden (1915-2012) are a fairly common sight at regional auctions.

A sterling silver scale model of the Lockheed TriStar aircraft was the top lot at Kinghams’ (25% buyer’s premium) Silver and Objects of Vertu sale in the Cotswolds.

Kinghams (25% buyer’s premium) had held its inaugural Silver & Objects of Vertu sale on September 8.

Futurist and Cubist feline design figures higly in an extensive single-owner collection of ceramics

Anthropomorphic bird jars are typically associated with the work of the Martin Brothers in Southall, London.

This elegant Victorian clear glass claret jug of neoclassical design featured in the July 27 sale at Kinghams (25/18/15% buyer’s premium).

Dated and inscribed and royal portrait subjects are the most desirable classes of early delftware

A number of strong sums for Frederick Gore’s (1913-2009) richly coloured views of Mallorca and the French countryside have been recorded since his auction record was smashed two years ago.

Classic examples of distinctive porcelain take four-figure sums in Gloucestershire

A print commemorating an 18th century example of British and American military cooperation was given as a present 200 years later to mark another joint success.

Cotswold saleroom Kinghams (23% buyer’s premium) offered a series of four stick pins gifted by Queen Victoria.