Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
West Midlands auction house holds extensive Clarice Cliff sale in the 125th year since her birth
08 March 2024Fieldings director Will Farmer counts this year as his “40th in the world of Clarice Cliff”. Over the years he has lectured on her around the world, written books, consulted, and even featured in the recent biopic on her life and work.
Promo album helped Rolling Stones to go on tour, not fade away
05 March 2024In 1969 the Rolling Stones were ready to go touring again after a gap of more than two years. Featuring a new guitarist, the 17-date tour in the US began on November 7.
A Regency table from the collection of TV star Drew Pritchard is among five lots to watch
04 March 2024With estimates from £100, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Thundercats Tongue-A-Saurus grabbed by eager bidder
04 March 2024As with many 1980s toys, the Thundercats range was produced to accompany a TV or film series.
Dolls from full house dubbed a ‘collector’s dream’
04 March 2024What Special Auction Services (20% buyer’s premium) in Newbury billed as “the largest and most valuable doll collection to been seen at auction for 25 years” went under the hammer on February 22 with a further slice to come in April.
Fashion accessory for a 1930s foxy lady
04 March 2024An Arctic fox fur owned and worn by a 1930s movie star dubbed Britain’s answer to Ginger Rogers turned heads at a Derby saleroom.
Could be a lucky 13: all white rugby shirt won by an All Black for the first time is up for sale
01 March 2024A shirt from the first time the famed All Blacks played in all white is going up for auction next week.
Museum buys fragment thought to be from trail blazing pilot Amy Johnson's crashed plane
28 February 2024Kent Battle of Britain Museum has bought a fragment of wreckage believed to be from the last plane flown by pioneering British aviator Amy Johnson in 1941.
Jack the Ripper items from police investigator come to auction for the first time
26 February 2024A previously unknown collection of items related to the Jack the Ripper murders will be offered at auction by Whitton & Laing in Exeter on March 22.
A picture by Newlyn School artist Midge Bruford is among five lots to watch
26 February 2024With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Classic Tudor mansion house treasures on offer
26 February 2024The contents of Sandford Orcas Manor will be sold at auction by Duke’s of Dorchester on March 6.
Oops: the scripts that get left behind
26 February 2024Film and TV stars must be a forgetful bunch, if lots sold at two recent UK auctions are anything to go by.
Historic family collection from Tudor manor house comes to auction in Dorset
23 February 2024The contents of Sandford Orcas Manor, a Tudor manor house occupied by just two families over the past 470 years, is coming to auction next month.
Oops: the Star Wars and Friends scripts left behind when the stars moved on
21 February 2024Film and TV stars must be a forgetful bunch, if lots sold at two recent UK auctions are anything to go by.
Fascinating backstory of Mouseman furniture owned by same family since new comes to light
19 February 2024Mouseman furniture is a hugely popular if not exactly uncommon sight at auction but it is not so often you see a group with a backstory as comprehensive as that coming up at a Buckinghamshire saleroom.
An Art Nouveau ring by Henri Dubret is among five lots to watch
19 February 2024With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Auction magic from a very different Potter
19 February 2024Richard Potter (1783-1835) is considered the first successful stage magician born in the US and African-American celebrity.
