A rare 1935 Bentley, one of only 2422 made between 1933-39, is going under the Charterhouse hammer in their sale of classic cars, motorbikes and automobilia at The Bristol Classic Car Show at Shepton Mallet on Sunday 3rd May.
“This Bentley offers a rare opportunity for a collector or enthusiast to own a fabulous car with [...]

Bonhams sold one of Atkinson Grimshaw’s finest paintings, a view of Headingley in Leeds, on 22nd April in a sale of 19th Century Paintings and Drawings at their Bond Street salerooms.
The picture, `Autumn Afterglow’, was estimated to sell for £120,000 to £180,000 but outstripped that to make £240,000.
John Atkinson Grimshaw is perhaps Leeds’s best-known and [...]

A rare Beswick Merino ram is one of the highlights of the Charterhouse auction of Beswick and Royal Doulton in Sherborne on Friday 22nd May.
“The Merino ram is one of the rarest of Beswick sheep ever produced. It was only available from 1964 until 1967 which is quite a short production run, especially when compared [...]

A splendid Ming dynasty jar, a rare survivor from a vanished era of Imperial Chinese prestige, will be offered at Bonhams New Bond Street on 14 May. Created in the reign of the Emperor Jiajing (AD1522-66), and estimated at up to £250,000, it comes from the collection of the Palmer family, of Huntley and Palmer [...]

The Oxford Saints, one of the oldest and best run clubs in the country (UK), have come up with a unique way to avoid the Credit Crunch by putting the club up for sale on ebay, something never done before!
The Saints are offering one unique bidder this exclusive opportunity to OWN their very own [...]

A teapot modelled on the infamous Lady Elizabeth Craven, playwright, socialite and one time resident of the Craven Cottage, has sold at Bonhams’ London showroom for a scandalous £22,800. The teapot bears the legend ‘Lady Craveing’s Teapot’, a pun on her name and various appetites.
Since it first appeared for sale in 1875 it has been [...]

Thursday, 30th April is sure to be a red letter day for military and aviation fans, with a collection of World War II (WW2) and assorted vintage aviation equipment and aircraft set to go under the hammer in Shropshire.
The sale includes a diverse range of lots, from intact and de-commissioned aircraft to individual parts. [...]

Sotheby’s London will be offering a number of extraordinary objects with Russian Imperial provenance in its spring and summer 2009 Russian Art sales. An Imperial Russian silver tea service by Nichols and Plinke, St. Petersburg, 1879 from the Collection of Anastasia Mikhailovna – grand-daughter of Emperor Nicholas I – is one of the highlights of [...]

Sotheby’s has announced that its annual sale of Scandinavian Art in London on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 will be led by five important works by the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916). The group of three intimate portrait works and two landscapes includes three paintings that featured in the well-received and critically acclaimed exhibition Vilhelm Hammershøi: [...]

UK based auction tools provider Auction Lotwatch has launched auctionfinal.com. A new tool designed to work specifically with over ten eBay sites it aims to put last minute, zero-bid auction lots at the fingertips of auction buyers worldwide.
Auction Lotwatch, who have been offering free auction software for over six years, have also responded to [...]

Over 200 lots to include boxed & unboxed diecast vehicles by Dinky, Corgi, Matchbox & Spot-on, “OO” & “O” gauge trains & accessories, military and civilian figures, tinplate toys, live steam engine model boats, Meccano, collection of cast iron mechanical money banks, Pears prints and other advertising, automobilia including Rolls Royce mascots and petrol pump [...]

Major works from realms of contemporary art and fashion as well as important master photographs will be offered at the forthcoming Phillips de Pury & Company Photographs sale to be held at the company’s London galleries on May 16 at 3 pm.
Auction info www.phillipsdepury.com

Cheffins Auctioneers have been appointed to sell a complete railway in May which includes 10km of 30” track and rolling stock. It serviced the former Admiralty Munitions Store at Dean Hill Park near Salisbury, UK.
The rolling stock consists of two Baguley Drewery 60hp diesel locos and over 50 various trucks, wagons and brake vans.
The track [...]

Fixtures and fittings from The Shambles, a delightful museum of Victorian life, will be sold by Simon Chorley Art & Antiques on site at The Shambles, Church Street, Newent, Gloucestershire in a 4-day sale from Monday 18 to Thursday 21 May 2009.
The Shambles is set in over an acre, and imaginatively laid out as a [...]

Christie’s London has announced the sale of A Market Place, Berwick-upon Tweed, 1935, by Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976), which will lead the auction of 20th Century British Art on Thursday, 21 May 2009 (estimate: £300,000-500,000). This classic work by the artist is completely fresh to the market, having been acquired directly from Lowry’s agent, [...]