Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Mourning glory: set of rings takes £31,000
11 October 2021Gold and enamel mourning rings remembered at Birmingham auction.
Atlas pathfinder up at auction
11 October 2021A copy of the first modern atlas by Abraham Ortelius, which set the standard for all following atlases, will be on offer at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg on November 29 with an estimate of €80,000.
Previews: issue 2513
11 October 2021A selection of seven upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Social whirl: the Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie library
11 October 2021Coming to Cheffins’ October 21 auction directly from the library of the Hertfordshire estate, Julians Park, the home of society hostess Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, is a collection of 70 of the principal books.
The long read: an Arabic manuscript
11 October 2021On October 21 in London Plakas is offering this endowment document for the religious complex of the vizier Zaganos Pasha in Balikesir with the tughra of Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror, dated beginning of jumada i AH866/February.
A Henry Moore sculpture and a 19th century state carriage are among six lots to watch
11 October 2021With estimates from £400-80,000, here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Frink tribute emerges from a bungalow
04 October 2021John Rolfe from Wotton Auction Rooms had been asked to undertake a valuation for probate in a bungalow near Salisbury when he made an intriguing discovery.
Previews: issue 2512
04 October 2021A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Medal group and archive breaks through walls at auction
27 September 2021One of the most daring air operations of the Second World War included New Zealand pilot Flight Lieutenant Maxwell Nicholas Sparks as a participant.
Previews: issue 2511
27 September 2021A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Previews: issue 2510
20 September 2021A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Father and son medal group take flight in Gloucestershire sale
20 September 2021Serving in the Glider Pilot Regiment was a tough task during the Second World War.
Football memorabilia highlights: Beckham, Best, Ramsey, Matthews and ‘the greatest fight in English football’
07 September 2021A selection of football memorabilia coming up at auction or sold recently – plus a Sir Stanley Matthews tea set from a dealer.
Gun used to kill Billy the Kid sets auction record for any firearm
06 September 2021The gun Pat Garrett used to kill Billy the Kid has been sold for a world auction record for any firearm at Bonhams in Los Angeles.
Previews: issue 2508
06 September 2021A selection of 11 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland
Model railways are on a roll, says US saleroom
30 August 2021The American Flyer 'G Fox & Co' boxcar is one of the “most desired trains a collector can own” according to Philip Weiss from the eponymous auction house in Lynbrook, New York.
Previews: issue 2507
30 August 2021A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland
Auction reveals personal side of Al Capone
30 August 2021Nearly 200 items of Al Capone memorabilia are coming to the market for the first time after being consigned to a California auction by his granddaughters.
Auction previews: issue 2506
23 August 2021A selection of 13 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK
Gold medal for an England football debut doubles estimate at Fieldings' auction
23 August 2021In the mid 1930s players making an England debut could receive a gold commemorative medal instead of their normal match fee.