ACREMAN St Auctioneers & Valuers, Sherborne, has a busy month ahead with a specialist Textiles, Fashion & Apparel auction of 470 lots on Friday, March 24.

That includes clothing from the Victorian era through to 1980s/90s with many designer names – Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Versace, Hermes and Jean Varon – with many items from the 1960s and 1970s also on offer, plus oriental textiles, antique lace, fabrics, curtains and quilts.
Acreman is also holding its two-day auction of more than 900 lots including two L S Lowry pencil sketches with annotation on the reverse estimated at £1,000-1,500 each, a collection of Brannam pottery, furniture and collectables.
The jewellery, silver and watches sale on Friday, March 31 includes designer costume jewellery by Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Kenneth Lane and Alain Fleche, as well as many lots of gold and silver jewellery.

A silver 12-place setting of cutlery by Harrison Fisher & Co totalling 3,847g estimated at £1,200-1,500 is also on offer.
Catalogues can be viewed online through Easyliveauction.com and Thesaleroom.com