Roseberys

Dealers are now facing more competition from collectors as works estimated in the hundreds of pounds range are taken to four-figure prices

Two works bringing demand at different auctions recently showed the market’s continued appetite for works by Modern British female artists.

This near pair of Qianlong mark and period doucai jars were a charity shop find for a keen-eyed London vendor.

High-value Post-war and Contemporary art is increasingly on offer beyond Mayfair and the centre of the capital

A 13th century Mamluk (Egyptian or Syrian) manuscript on astronomy sold for a surprise £140,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) in south London on April 28.

This lacquer painting on lacquered paper, a study of a leafy branch with chestnuts, is signed by Shibata Zeshin (1807-91).

South London auction house Roseberys is offering this 1947 Pommery Rose Royal Extra Sec Champagne, France, which has a royal connection.

Roseberys’ Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art sale on May 16-17 runs to over 1000 lots and includes two private collections.

This oil depicting the Acropolis in Athens by Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844-1905) was taken to £13,000 at Roseberys (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).

The first months of this year have featured a string of wide-ranging ceramics groups offered at auction

Research reveals £265,000 auction purchase is a celebrated work from Grand Ducal workshops

Many of the best-sellers at Roseberys’ (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) auction of Modern British and 20th century art in south London came from the collection of former Wall Street banker Geoffrey Elliott (1939-2021) and his wife Fay.

Vietnamese buyers have sent the best works of art from the Le (1428-1789) and Nguyen (1802-1945) dynasties to unchartered territory in recent years.

The final proof coin set bearing Queen Victoria’s portrait was issued by the Royal Mint in 1893.

In the last decade sculptures, as well as paintings, by Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu (1917-94) have become a valuable proposition.

Sixteenth century single folio manuscript displays orgiastic spree in graphic detail

The auction at Roseberys London on November 17 includes, estimated at £600-1000, this Victorian silver trophy made by Edward Ker Reid (London, 1864).