Adam Partridge in talks to buy Wright Marshall fine art

Sold for 914 times top estimate: £5m ‘Botticelli’ stuns saleroom

Sold for 914 times top estimate: £5m ‘Botticelli’ stuns

Bidding for books way back in c.1700

A rare copy of the earliest-known depiction of a book

Zoffany drawing and Chelsea mug shine in art week

A black and white chalk on paper drawing of Jupiter

Masterpieces to a Rothschild’s taste tempt buyers during a packed London sales week

Masterpieces to a Rothschild’s taste tempt buyers during

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Pugin parliamentary letter box posts £4200

On December 27, 1851, the architect Sir Charles Barry

Precious metals

On Friday, July 5, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was

News in Brief

Fellows is now providing photos of every item being

Thinning out brings wide variety

Downsizing of a collection amassed over 15 years results in quality silver on offer

Magic Midget makes mighty saleroom price

Racing along to a double-estimate £2400, this tinplate

Anglo-Italian items earn triple honours

Art and romance from 19th century Italy, industrialised

Surprise new custodian of the Cornish manor has a clear-out

The story of Cornish care worker Jordan Rogers, who

Records despite a blue-chip dip

Lack of top-level Mod Brit consignments is a challenge but spending remains robust

Christie’s

In what could well be a first, all 10 of Christie’s

Sotheby’s

A Cricket Match (1938) by Mod Brit giant LS Lowry (1887-1976)

Bonhams

Much of the pre-sale publicity from Bonhams’ June 15

Novel buys beyond top names

Rare and often forgotten books by little-known authors can nonetheless shine at auction

Hirschfeld steps into the saleroom

Works produced in the 1940s by Al Hirschfeld figured

A to Zee guide to the world

A complete set of the Metellus Speculum orbis terrae

Howzat? Cricket book at £6400

Disbound, but complete and still in the original covers

British and Irish book auctions

Jul 9 Science Books from the Peter & Margarethe

Previews: Up to £500

The firm Charles Horner of Halifax, named after its

Previews: £501 - £2000

A potential star among the silver on offer at North

Previews: £2001 - £5000

This Islamic-inspired Art Deco compact by Cartier is

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

Coins and medal specialist Dix Noonan Webb will offer

Previews: £30,000 plus

This monumental bronze bust of Winston Churchill is

Figure stars on Birmingham stage

Depiction of actor is one of the more traditional offerings at fair set to broaden its horizons

Gallery goes with the flow

Abbott and Holder offers this 1940 oil on canvas of

5 Questions

David Hornik-Unger trades as Deco Dave, a specialist

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers

Dealer serves up a loan to tea exhibition

This Henry Clay polychrome tea caddy, c.1785, in the

Paris previews

La Biennale Paris and Parcours des Mondes bring the dealing scene in the French capital back to life after summer slumbers, while auction houses also rise to the occasion. Anne Crane takes an early glimpse at what will be on offer for the visitor in September

Osenat expands to Versailles

September will be a key date in the diary for the French

Auctions move back into action

In September the Paris auction scene wakes up from

Diary dates for September

The Carré Rive Gauche, the grouping of Left Bank antiques

Buying at Auction - a general guide

Always read the auctioneer’s terms and conditions for full details.

Artist’s Resale Right

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We do like to buy beside the seaside

Two events taking place in the north and south of England offer array of vintage delights

Three markets and fairs in Belgium

Run triannually for 30 years in the small Belgian city

Firm’s future looking fine

A Taunton antiques company has taken over a long-running

Making a claim: the concept of ‘relative title’

A lawyer writes: Case from way back in 1722 underlines this sometimes baffling aspect of English law