Tennants

English history and law were the mainstays of an excellent collection sold in North Yorkshire

Among the best performing lots at the Country House sale at Tennants (22% buyer’s premium) in Leyburn was a fruitwood calendar stick or primstav.

Highlights including signed opera score from a varied auction held in North Yorkshire

Creative examples featured in recent UK auctions show the influence of religion and culture on the Manchu rulers of the Qing

A hat-trick of six-figure prices was achieved for England 1966 World Cup hero Alan Ball’s (1945-2007) winner’s medal, cup final shirt and World Cup cap.

At Frant there dwells a Man of fame. By trade a Tailor, Smart by name.

The last few months have been an interesting time for followers of John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-93).

Walter Crane (1845-1915) designed seven red lustre vases for the Shropshire tile makers Maw & Co of Jackfield in 1889.

Tennants’ jewellery specialist, Jessica Fall, has not only passed her Gemmological Association professional qualifications with flying colours but has also won the Bruton Medal for best candidate of the year, and the Deeks Diamond Prize for the best results in the theory examination.

The Glaisdale Library was the collection of Martin Henry Burtt, a well-known figure in the Yorkshire and indeed national agricultural worlds.

Two sculptures of well-known 20th century British cultural figures drew attention at different regional sales recently.

The major talking point of Tennants’ (22/20% buyer’s premium) Modern & Contemporary Art sale was the £840,000 seascape by LS Lowry which was the highest total for a picture at the auction house and the second-highest price for any lot ever sold at the saleroom (see ATG No 2565).

Air Commander J Searby had a key role to play in the Peenemunde Raid targeting the V weapons factory during the night of the August 17-18, 1943, as part of the RAF’s elite Path Finder Force.

Despite wider economic uncertainty, prices for LS Lowry (1887-1976) seem to keep on rising.

Now held in premises run by saleroom Tennants, The Northern Antiques Fair is blossoming

Collection gathered in by a local farmer comes to auction in North Yorkshire

From the early 1940s, LS Lowry (1887-1976) embarked on a series of large-scale canvases far removed from his familiar bustling industrial streets scenes. They depicted nothing but sea and sky.

Complex cartouche-shaped marginal wall mirrors from the early 18th century are notably rarer than arched or rectangular examples.

The Shropshire pottery, Maw & Co of Jackfield, is best known for the mass production of earthenware tiles and architectural ceramics.