Lindsay Burns

The story of this late 19th century Russian beaker goes back to a boarding house in Harrogate in 1894.

Small but intriguing coastal scene estimated at just £50-80 spotted by eager bidders and taken to £3500

Perth saleroom Lindsay Burns (22% buyer’s premium) posted a new house record with an exceptional piece of period jewellery at its latest three-day sale.

The 18th and 19th centuries were the golden age of topaz.

The London watch and clock maker Brounker Watts (c.1670-1717), an apprentice to Joseph Knibb, became a member of the Clockmakers Company in 1697.

This unusual 19th-century Indian enamel-on-copper footed bowl soared to 26 times its top estimate at Lindsay Burns (22% buyer’s premium) in Perth.

Spanish and Caledonian talents combined to create the highly colourful Monart range

A group of four lots being sold by the family of the former foreign editor of The Daily Mail includes items relating to the first direct flight across the Atlantic as well as Malcolm Campbell’s Blue Bird 1933 land speed record.

Trio of collections is offered in Perth auction with estimates pitched to entice bidders

A small collection of 17th century stumpwork offered at Lindsay Burns in Perth was topped by this japanned and needlework mirror frame.

The cylindrical brush pot or bitong appears to have been introduced into the repertoire of Chinese ceramic forms in the late 1620s.

Pairs of Regency sofas brought some very comfortable sums at two Scottish auction houses as the autumn season began last week.

The classic enamel station totem signs used in the early days of the newly formed British Railways have long shown their pulling power at auction.

A selection of these functional but fascinating objects that have appeared at recent sales

Indian talismanic shirts or Qur’an jama were believed to carry protective powers.

Collection of distinctive pre-war glass produced in Perth impresses at local saleroom

The best-performing entry of the Lindsay Burns (20% buyer’s premium) sale in Perth on July 20-22 against estimate was a militaria lot.

The three-day sale at Lindsay Burns in Perth on July 20-22 includes this Qing porcelain blue and white vase decorated with five dragons contesting a flaming pearl amid cloud scrolls.

Unearthed in a group lot at Lindsay Burns (20% buyer’s premium) in Perth, this Roman marbled Samian ware bowl is believed to closely relate to another in the British Museum.

Delay due to lockdown turns out to be a blessing in disguise in terms of consignments