South-west England

Buyers descend on the late George Withers collection in Somerset

A long-forgotten group of letters written by senior members of Scott and Shackleton’s first trailblazing 1901 expedition to the Antarctic has been discovered.

Eighteenth century coffee pot made on the Mediterranean island stands out as best-seller in an extensive and varied auction array.

For its 35th edition the Bath Decorative Antiques Fair can boast 11 new exhibitors.

Pictured here are three highlight lots from recent sales held by Whittons (20% buyer’s premium) in Honiton, Devon.

A French three-colour gold snuff box was a highlight of the silver and vertu section of Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne’s recent winter sale.

The Royal Doulton figure Guy Fawkes designed by Charles Noke was issued as HN98 from 1918.

The murder of William Weare in the Hertfordshire village of Radlett in 1823 has been called the first trial by newspaper. It was also the first subject in the ‘crime and punishment’ series of earthenwares that proved curiously popular in the Victorian era.

Core group of 14 works by the artist on offer could represent significant moment in secondary market

Picture-postcard collecting became a craze in Edwardian times and in the 21st century many of us are delighted collectors of these ‘windows on the world’.

Mallams (25% buyer’s premium) got off to an early New Year start with a Country House auction.

Explorer and naval captain George Vancouver set sail from King’s Lynn in April 1791 aboard HMS Discovery to survey the Pacific Northwest coastline of North America.