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On October 16, 2026, Lyon & Turnbull announced that a rare lantern designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Miss Cranston’s Ingram Street Tearooms in Glasgow sold for £609,850, more than twenty times its £20,000–£30,000 estimate.
On October 2, 2026, Lyon & Turnbull announced that a rare lantern designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Miss Cranston's Ingram Street Tearooms in Glasgow will be offered in its two-day Design Since 1860 sale, with an estimate of £20,000–£30,000.
Bonhams' auction of props and costumes from the TV series 'Outlander' achieved a combined total of £729,395 across live and online sales on August 5 and 6, 2026. The 385 lots from all eight seasons were sold at Bonhams New Bond Street and on bonhams.com.
Bonhams announced the successful sale of The Contents of Monreith House, a historic Scottish estate of Clan Maxwell, across two auctions in July from its Edinburgh saleroom.
Bonhams will hold two parallel spirits auctions in Edinburgh. The online cask auction A Campbeltown Legend: 1995 Springbank - Rare Sherry Cask runs from 22 September to 14 October with bidding starting at £160,000 and estimates of £200,000 to £300,000.
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