Gloucestershire

It is traditional in Russia for important, respected or admired guests to be greeted with an offering of bread and salt.

Simon Clarke runs Christopher Clarke Antiques with his brother Sean in Stow-on-the- Wold.

Much-loved expert decided time was right to disperse his impressive collection

This eight-day walnut longcase clock is one of six by Joseph Knibb in a 16-piece collection on offer from dealer Ben Wright.

Cotswold saleroom Kinghams (23% buyer’s premium) offered a series of four stick pins gifted by Queen Victoria.

Work published in 1808 is one of the highlights of a wide-ranging sale held in Gloucestershire

The reminder of earlier pomp and ceremony from a coronation came courtesy of a recent sale at Gloucestershire auction house Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium).

This George III blue john vase standing 14in (14cm) high on a square marble base was probably turned and carved by the Derby marble mason Richard Brown for Matthew Boulton.

ATG made a visit to Moreton-in-Marsh in the Cotswolds for Kinghams Auctioneers’ Martinware show

Sculpture of a personal nature leads a fine collection of memorabilia offered in Gloucestershire saleroom

Born in Naples, the revivalist jeweller Carlo Giuliano (1831-95) made his name in London.

The work of illustrator Robert Gillmor graces many books from a well-known natural history series

A Georgian treen searce is among the highlights available at The Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair.

This single-page letter offered on January 19 by Mellors & Kirk (24% buyer’s premium) tells the remarkable story of Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (1762-1829).

Extraordinary collection generates £64,000 bid for collaborative works by the playwright and poet

Small group of the author’s ever-popular works makes a big impression at Gloucestershire saleroom

The auction at Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium) on December 15 included two presentation first editions by Sylvia Plath.

Collectors of Staffordshire have noted a number of higher prices of late and further evidence of a more active market came when a pair of Victorian Staffordshire flatback figures was offered by Lacy, Scott & Knight (22.5% buyer’s premium).

Another slice of the collection which brought a Christopher Wood record comes up in Gloucestershire saleroom