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North East Museums (NEM) has announced it is “submitting a serious expression of interest” to acquire a Union Flag that was flown from HMS Royal Sovereign, flagship of Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood at the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805.

Inspired by developments across the Channel, 19th century English clockmakers quickly adopted this the portable timepiece known as the carriage clock. Today the finest examples from the 19th and early 20th century are in strong demand

The latest Special Antiques Sale at TW Gaze (22% buyer’s premium) in Diss included this rare Ralph Gout of London gilt brass horse-rider’s pedometer watch.

Two pictures by Elsie Gledstanes (1891-1982) that were found untouched in an attic after 40 years drew notable competition at an auction in Hampshire.

A longcase clock from the English Golden Age sold for £90,000 at Hutchinson Scott (25% buyer’s premium) in Skipton, North Yorkshire.

Our selection of lots from 12 upcoming auctions

If the period from the 19th to early 20th century was the ‘golden age’ for carriage clocks, it was equally a superb age for pocket watches

While London throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries produced much fine watchmaking, Paris could also lay claim to some of the limelight.

Bourne End Auctions (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Buckinghamshire included a highly desirable Dunhill accessory on March 4.

Samuel FB Morse (1791-1872) is today best known for his contributions to the creation of the single-wire telegraph system and the co-creator of the Morse code.

Very little is known about the late-18th century London maker John Grantham other than that he made many watches for the Chinese market, one of which came up for sale at Cortrie (21% buyer’s premium) in Hamburg.

For more than 25 years, some people in the art world have been pondering one question: who is Banksy?

Papers outline the journeys extraordinary for even a Victorian military man and explorer

High quality sporting cups for Cowes Week yachting and Indian horse racing sell to American bidders

A private collection of 17th century lantern and longcase clocks recently came for sale at Dawsons (27.5% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead.

Alex Capon’s article on Christie’s new auction rostrum is most intriguing, though I confess the accompanying photograph fills this reader with a certain melancholy (ATG No 2735).

A hitherto unknown c.1902 lithographic poster for Buffalo Bill’s famed Wild West show hammered for $40,000 (£29,510) at Morphy Auctions (23% buyer’s premium) in Las Vegas.

Whether it’s at a hotel, a restaurant or even in a car, he secures sales without an actual fair presence

Galerie Bel Etage of Vienna took a year off exhibiting at TEFAF Maastricht, opting to put out a catalogue, Masterpieces 2026.

Witherell (25/26% buyer’s premium) in Sacramento, California, posted healthy results for two markedly different lots of British origin: a scarce sporting cartridge advertising display and a silver epergne.