Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Boots of football legend Tom Finney score at East Bristol Auctions
10 August 2020The simple pair of leather football boots on offer at East Bristol Auctions (17.5% buyer’s premium) this summer was not as flash as today’s examples in all colours and emblazoned with all kinds of branding and personalised messages.
Previews: salerooms ready for a bumper August
03 August 2020August is typically a fallow month for art and antiques – a time when holidays are taken in the wake of a busy June and July. However, given the exceptional circumstances, 2020 will be a little different.
D-Day veteran who became an antiques dealer
03 August 2020John Vernon ‘Jack’ Webb (1923-2019) was destined to be a collector of medals and militaria. On June 5, 1944, he was on a troop ship preparing to take part in the D-Day landings.
Glamour and high society mix in a Scottish country house sale
28 July 2020Ingredients for a tantalising sale don’t come much better than high society, glamour, famous names and an illustrious family combined with a varied, single-owner country house collection.
Watches worn by Soviet space exploration pioneers come to auction in London
25 July 2020Watches owned by the first human in space and the captain of a mission including the first spacewalk are coming up for sale.
Meissen makes a big impact in private collection sale
25 July 2020A very early and delicate Böttger Stoneware covered bottle vase featured in the Important Meissen Porcelain from a Private Collection auction at Bonhams in London sold for a hammer price of £105,000.
Complete set of the first edition Shadowless Pokemon cards comes to auction estimated at £25,000-35,000
24 July 2020Collectors have a chance to bid for a complete base set of the first edition Shadowless Pokemon cards bought directly from original US publishers Wizards Of The Coast in 1999.
Hornby train sets still on the right track after 100 years
20 July 2020The Hornby train set is 100 years old this year. ATG reports on the sale of a remarkable century-old survivor plus highlights from across the UK regions
Auction previews: issue 2452
20 July 2020Sixteen upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Pick of the week: Exhibition quality lugger models sail into Charles Miller’s auction
13 July 2020Whoever H Twyman was, his talents as a craftsman are beyond doubt.
Go through the keyhole to find special appeal of 19th century doll’s house
13 July 2020A 19th century doll’s house sold for £8500 at North Yorkshire saleroom Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) – but its real appeal came from what was inside.
Auction previews: issue 2451
13 July 2020Sixteen upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Auction previews: issue 2450
06 July 2020Sixteen upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Whiteside football collection up for sale
06 July 2020Pub quiz time: who was the youngest player to appear in a World Cup, the youngest to score in a League Cup Final and FA Cup Final, made his debut for Manchester United at 16 and was their youngest captain at the age of 20?
Norman Whiteside football memorabilia collection to be sold in Surrey auction
01 July 2020Pub quiz time: who was the youngest player to appear in a World Cup, the youngest to score in a League Cup Final and FA Cup Final, made his debut for Manchester United at 16 and was their youngest captain at the age of 20?
Auction previews: issue 2449
29 June 2020Sixteen upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Militaria: Bismarck’s visor cap leads auction selection of military uniforms
22 June 2020Military uniforms reached their ornamental peak in the 19th century Western Europe – with the leaders of the day sharing in their ostentation
Medal awarded to Victorian soldier wounded at Rorke’s Drift sells to doctor at auction
22 June 2020A Zulu War medal awarded to a Victorian soldier severely wounded while fighting in the hospital building at Rorke’s Drift has been bought at auction – by a doctor.
American collector secures original Second World War RAF ensign flag
22 June 2020An American collector bought this original Second World War RAF ensign flag at a recent East Bristol Auctions (18% buyer’s premium).
Bidding contest for Nelson letter from HMS Victory and medal group from Battle of the Nile
22 June 2020A signed memorandum letter sent by Nelson from HMS Victory to one of his captains sold for a mid-estimate £3200 at a recent TW Gaze (18% buyer’s premium) auction in Diss in Norfolk.