Ahead of Mick O'Connell's upcoming sales, we caught up with him to discover his career, his favourite wines and his advices to collect them.

Scottish Colourist, Samuel Peploe, looked more like a bank manager than an artist. But then he channelled his passion into painting, says Matthew Sturgis

Dylan Jones has been in the front row for every shift in London's cultural scene. And he's got the tickets, posters and t-shirts to prove it. Here he describes why he is saying goodbye to some of his favourite possessions

The Apollo missions were more than engineering feats—they were acts of visual storytelling. Images of the Moon landing, Earthrise, and the first steps on another world shaped how we see space. Now, many of NASA's early photographs, both famous and forgotten, are being rediscovered.

Rembrandt Bugatti was the pride of his famous family, says Adrian Dannatt. But although his sculptures of animals were instantly acclaimed, his affinity with humans was more problematic

Bhutan is known for its Gross National Happiness Index. How to increase this? Well, what about making wine. Jancis Robinson reports on a new enterprise

The impossible, the unthinkable, the unimaginable can happen in sport. This car – to be offered in The Miami Auction – proves it, says Neil Lyndon

Sasha Thomas highlights a selection of Bonhams' sales worldwide

In and out of Bonhams' salerooms with Sasha Thomas

World-famous designer Elsa Peretti changed the course of jewellery. Where did she source her inspiration? Look to the east, says Vivienne Becker

Graham Slater's eye for antiques roamed from saleroom to the shore of the Thames. And everything ended up on shelves in his house in Cambridge. Philippa Stockley is entranced

Jules Speelman has collected Chinese and Himalayan works since he was 18. Now in two special sales, many of these masterpieces come to auction to mark his 80th birthday. Emma Crichton Miller asks how it all began

John Frederick Lewis was intoxicated by the life in Cairo. So much so, he was still painting it 20 years on from his Surrey studio. Mark Hudson sheds light on the artist's tour-de-force watercolour which is not all it seems...