Excitement surrounds the discovery and sale of a tiny iron casket that sold for a jaw dropping £10K at a local auction.
The 8cm wide iron casket was discovered by Chief Valuer Adrian Rathbone of Richard Winterton Auctioneers in Lichfield in a box of junk. The box of ‘junk’ had been consigned from a local [...]

Imagine having a tax on clocks! This bizarre statement was in fact true back in the late eighteenth century in this country.
A British clock tax was introduced in 1797 and it covered all timepieces, including watches and clocks. The annual tax was two shillings and sixpence for a basic watch and [...]

Christie’s announces the second Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes sale on November 17, 2009, presenting collectors and connoisseurs with an incredible opportunity to add to their collections with a wide-range of important, rare, and unique treasures with exceptional provenance. This follows the inaugural sale in June, which presented works [...]

Yesterday’s sale of the Chelsea Collection of Severin Wunderman raised a remarkable £881,940 in total, with 90% of all lots selling. The extraordinary furniture and fittings of the home of ‘Time Lord’, Severin Wunderman, who built up the Gucci watch franchise and owned the Swiss watch brand Corum, excited bidders on a national and international [...]