Auctions

Generating plenty of competition at Bonhams Skinner (28% buyer’s premium) was this lot of three pieces of Elkington & Co silver plate.

Portrait of actress who mesmerised Hitchcock makes highest sum for the artist since 2020

Our selection of lots from 16 upcoming auctions

Norwegian kjenge or kasa have been used for drinking ale at special occasions since the medieval period.

Books from a routine call proved disappointing until a first edition Dracula loomed into view

AH Wilkens (22% buyer’s premium) worded the lot notes carefully.

For followers of rock stars, style icons, actors and actresses, opportunities abound to acquire signed photographs of some of the famous cultural figures of the 20th century.

Two 20th century posters in quite different genres set records at auction in early March.

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

Though leeches do remain in the pharmacopeia, they’re no longer stored in the ceramic jars and urns common to pharmacies of the 18th and 19th century.

Original works and prints by the likes of Bob Dylan and Ronnie Wood are increasingly sought after

Compared with Scandinavian exploration by illustrious figures such as Nansen and Amundsen, the Vega Expedition is little known outside the region.

In the latter half of the 19th century, French society stood at the crossroads of progress.

Despite the strict antique ivory rules, Japanese art can still take big sums - as a Norfolk sale demonstrates

An extensive collection of automobilia housed in not one but two Cambridgeshire barns included an eye-catching example of the most sought-after British enamel signs.