A stunning 17th century Antwerp cabinet that reputedly stood in Glamis Castle, Angus, is to be sold at Bonhams in July. Glamis Castle is one of Scotland’s most famous sites, and is today best known for having been the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the birthplace of Princess Margaret, and for its […]

An impressive Victorian oak writing table thought to have been designed by A.W.N. Pugin that stood in Prince Albert’s bedroom in Abney Hall (now Cheadle Town Hall), is to be sold at Bonhams in London next month. The desk, which is expected to fetch between £6,000 – 8,000, will go under the hammer at Bonhams’ […]

Two Spitting Image latex imitations of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and PM in-waiting Gordon Brown have been sold at auction.
Thatcher was sold for £5,040 to the Imperial War Museum, while Brown went for a cool £4,800 to a private bidder.
The twin sales were part of a Film and Rock ‘n’ Roll Memorabilia sale held […]

Charlotte, Emily and Anne were born in the front sitting room of the house in the hillside village of Thornton, four miles west of Bradford.
They lived there for five years before moving to nearby Haworth where Charlotte wrote “Jane Eyre”, Emily penned “Wuthering Heights” and Anne saw “Agnes Grey” published.
“It would be nice to see […]

Vivian Gilling is accused of carrying out a series of robberies and burglaries on post offices and an auction house boasted to friends of his crimes, a court heard.
Gilling, 42, who has addresses at Chantry Gardens, Southwick; Ivy Cottage, Hoopers Pool, Southwick and Nightingale Drive, Westbury, denied charges of conspiracy to rob, conspiracy to burgle […]

This weeks London auctions featuring paintings by Lucian Freud, Claude Monet and Joan Miro netted the biggest-ever sum for a week of art sales in Europe, auctioneers Christie’s said.
The sales earned a total of £237 million and featured 23 new artist records.
Highlights included French Impressionist Monet’s Waterloo Bridge, which sold for £17.9 million, the third-highest […]

A rare first-edition copy of the first Harry Potter novel has been sold for more than £7,000 at auction.
The copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was snapped up by a specialist book collector for £7,200 following a bidding war.
The hardback copy, with an original price tag of £10.99, is one of only 500 […]