Auction record for any football programme 20 May 2013 Almost exactly a year after Graham Budd set a record for any football programme at auction he has done it again. Auction Reports
New saleroom force for Melbourne as Leski merge with Mossgreen 07 May 2013 Two auction houses are joining forces in the latest shake-up to affect the Melbourne scene. International
Rare Victorian vending machine takes £7500 02 April 2013 Once a common sight on British streets and in public buildings, late Victorian and Edwardian cast-iron vending machines were scrapped for their metal content as they became obsolete or necessary for the war effort. Auction Reports
Rediscovered Beach Boys archive comes to auction with $10m price tag 02 April 2013 With a $10m estimate, what is being billed as the most important single lot of rock and pop memorabilia ever to come up for auction goes on view in London on April 18. News
Elvis and The Beatles top charts again 02 April 2013 If ever there was a single record that could lay claim to truly starting the Rock and Roll era, it must be Elvis Presley’s first single ‘That’s all right (Mama)’, recorded in Memphis in July 5, 1954. Auction Reports
New Wave band manager’s collection of artwork 01 March 2013 The original artworks which featured on the music albums of 80s English Synthpop and New Wave band ‘Talk Talk’ are to go under the hammer at music memorabilia specialists Omega Auctions in Stockport, Cheshire, on March 9.
Heritage post over $860m in 2012 sales 28 January 2013 Dallas-based Heritage Auctions say 2012 was their best year to date, with total sales of more than $860m. InternationalNews
Signature-faker Formhals sentenced to ten months in jail 14 January 2013 A 66-year-old man who faked the signatures of Winston Churchill and other famous writers was sentenced to ten months in jail at Southampton Crown Court on December 21. News
Brunel’s great ship remembered 17 December 2012 Oxfordshire saleroom Jones & Jacob of Watlington sold this Nathaniel Mills silver presentation snuff box for £16,600 at their latest sale. Auction Reports
George Harrison’s jacket tops The Beatles lots at Bonhams 15 December 2012 When it comes to rock and pop memorabilia, and The Beatles in particular, if the provenance is not only right but of the first magnitude, prices can soar. Auction Reports
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