Furniture
My best auction buy: Lucinda Griffith
Lucinda Griffith, interior designer, Lucinda Griffith Design
My best auction buy: Jonathan Pratt
Jonathan Pratt, managing director of Dreweatts and BBC antiques expert
Better by design
A selection of smartly designed items of furniture will be offered in the sale at Cheffins on February 25.
Antiques from reality TV’s first business troubleshooter Sir John Harvey-Jones on offer
An ‘eclectic mix of objects’ from the former estate of TV’s ‘Troubleshooter’ Sir John Harvey-Jones and his wife Lady Mary Evelyn Harvey-Jones is coming up for auction.
Buy a piece of Country House class at an online auction this month
Occasionally the contents of a grand country house comes to auction allowing buyers to secure an item from a traditional British estate.
Statement pieces: Contents of Grade I country house Aynhoe Park offered at auction next week
A sale billed as ‘an amazing opportunity to own a true piece of English history’ is taking place on January 20-22.
Old Masters mix with Modern art in one of the earliest New Year auctions
The first auction of the New Year at Charterhouse in Dorset offers nearly 1000 lots on January 7-8.
Keen eye for quality: the Phillip Lucas Collection comes to auction
Phillip Lucas is described by art historian Dan Cruickshank as “a collector with a keen eye for quality, and for character”.
A tale of two sales at Tajan
Next week, French auction house Tajan has a pair of sales to attract bidders, one focusing on Orientalism and the other on 20th century decorative art and design.
Mirror reportedly owned by Marie Antoinette comes to auction
A mirror that hung in a family’s bathroom in Bristol for more than 40 years is believed to have once been owned by Marie Antoinette.