Collectables

If specialist Karl Martin was the type to take work home with him he’d be in danger of never finding it again.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

Norfolk dealer Voewood Rare Books will offer two prototype BAFTA awards at a US book fair where the UK is well represented this year.

Second edition of Vesalius landmark anatomical work sets a new high as part of science and medicine library

Second World War posters recruiting British and American women to the war effort are a familiar sight at auction.

“He stored everything like Russian dolls, everything packed away into something else."

Memorabilia relating to the Victorian songwriter ‘Claribel’ returned home from Malta to be auctioned in Lincolnshire and were bought by the local museum.

A trio of lots relating to Charles Dickens offered at Chichester saleroom Stride & Son (18% buyer’s premium) included a presentation pocket watch.

Sketches and journal by Emily Eden relate to her life in the UK then journey to the subcontinent

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

In 1926, after two years of negotiations, two German automobile producers joined forces to become Mercedes-Benz.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

In the world of kitchenalia, jelly moulds are in demand.

Daniel Fearon has raised an interesting issue, concerning the British Museum’s name change to their Department of Coins and Medals, on which Brian Clivaz and Michael Graham-Stewart have since commented, not entirely uncritically (Letters, ATG Nos 2632 and 2633).

A shirt from the first time the famed All Blacks played in white instead has sold at auction.