Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Lalique mascots collection amassed by author Geoffrey G Weiner up at auction in Lewes
07 August 2018René Lalique has been dubbed the most celebrated glassmaker in the world by 1925 at the height of the Art Deco era, and among the vast range of his wares so much is available for collectors to concentrate on.
Guitar played by George Harrison at last Beatles Cavern Club appearance is up at UK auction
03 August 2018The guitar that George Harrison played during The Beatles' final appearance at Liverpool’s Cavern Club will be offered at a Wiltshire auction estimated at £300,000–£400,000.
Star Wars poster auction record and James Bond and Beatles lots underline entertainment memorabilia demand
01 August 2018A rare Star Wars concept poster printed for The Empire Strikes Back sold on July 29 for a premium-inclusive $26,400 (£20,150) at Heritage Auctions, setting a world record as the most expensive movie poster from the space opera ever sold at auction.
Memorabilia from the year the Football League was first formed lines up at auction
31 July 2018As the 2018-19 English football season prepares to kick off, an auction lot on offer in Derbyshire harks back to the very earliest days of the game in its organised form.
Suffragette hunger strike medal archive sold for Catherine Southon house record to National Museum Wales
26 July 2018A Suffragette archive including a ‘hunger strike’ medal that sold for a house-record hammer price of £40,000 at Catherine Southon’s auction has been bought by National Museum Wales.
Fascinating archive up at Canterbury reveals the glory days of the space race
23 July 2018The lifelong interest which inspired an extensive archive of space exploration photos now coming up at auction was first sparked off by a HG Wells novel received as a gift.
Medal awarded to the militant Irish Suffragette who tried to blow up a cathedral comes to auction
21 July 2018It’s déjà vu all over again… yes, we bring you another excellent and evocative Suffragette item of memorabilia up at auction in this, the centenary year of the signing of the Qualification of Women Act. In other words, votes for women in the UK – aged over 30, that is.
Movers and shakers: the latest arts and antiques appointments
20 July 2018Our latest look at new roles in the art and antiques trade.
Nelson memorabilia sails into auction for collecting options at various price points
20 July 2018Whether your budget runs to four figures or a hefty six figures, two lots sold recently show how various price options can be available in a certain collecting market – in this case, Nelson memorabilia.
Medal fair free to exhibit under new owner
16 July 2018London saleroom Dix Noonan Webb has bought the 'Britannia Medal Fair' “to ensure that it can remain at the Victory Services Club”, the central London venue where it has attracted dealers and collectors for more than 30 years.
Soviet spy camera disguised as fag packet sells for £29,000 house record at Dudley auction
12 July 2018The cost of smoking is going crazy – someone has just paid £29,000 for a packet of cigarettes in the West Midlands.
Menu signed by all four Beatles from a flight when getting high was the refreshment
12 July 2018Reporter: “Well John, how was the trip over, did you all get bored on the flight, or did you have things to keep you entertained, that y’all were doing?” John Lennon: ‘Well, err, we all got stoned.”
Poignant wartime sketches by Artists Rifles member who was killed at Passchendaele
09 July 2018It has been described as perhaps the most curious regiment in the British Army, but the well-known names associated with the Artists Rifles were certainly not obscure.
Pick of the Week: The £135,000 order of the day
09 July 2018A Lesser George sash badge of The Most Noble Order of the Garter was the stand-out lot in a dedicated auction of honours that once belonged to the last Duke of Cambridge to have held that title before Prince William in the present day.
Archive of three Suffragette sisters sells at auction
09 July 2018An archive relating to three Suffragette sisters has been bought at a Hansons auction by a well-known dealer in memorabilia.
Fascinating Suffragette archives sold in Derbyshire and coming up for sale in Surrey
03 July 2018An archive relating to three Suffragette sisters has been bought at Hansons’ July 2 auction by a world-renowned expert in the subject and dealer in memorabilia.
Han Solo Return of the Jedi blaster fires bidding to $550,000 in Los Angeles auction
02 July 2018Han Solo’s blaster used in the Return of The Jedi has made a much bigger and successful impact than the struggling Star Wars spin-off film relating to the wise-cracking charmer first played by Harrison Ford.
Soviet hidden spy cameras set to click at West Midlands auction
26 June 2018Ah, nostalgia. Hear the words ‘Russian’ and ‘spying’ these days and ‘Novichok’ and ‘Polonium’ will come to mind. Try looking back instead to the 1970s-80s with the help of a large collection of Soviet cameras coming up at auction.
Suffragette archive at auction reveals role of three sisters in the fight for women's right to vote
25 June 2018The 100th anniversary year of women winning the right to vote in Britain (for those over 30, owning property, or university educated, anyway) has encouraged a bumper crop of related items at auction.