Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Auction of clapped-out old Austin 7 shows why barn finds now have “a kind of kudos”
27 June 2016Why pay £6000-12,000 for a roadworthy Austin 7 when for thousands of pounds more you can have one that’s a wreck?
Jo Wood to sell family doll collection through Vectis
06 June 2016Jo Wood, model, entrepreneur, dancer and ex-wife of Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, has consigned a collection to auction which is a world away from rock and roll excesses.
Hurst's hat-trick jersey to go under the hammer
06 June 2016In 1996 Frank Skinner, David Baddiel and the Lightning Seeds sang about ‘30 years of hurt’. Sadly for English football fans, it is now ‘50 years of hurt’ since the national team actually won something. Or have even reached a final.
Model of the Jedi Master – Star Wars collection of Yoda’s make-up designer comes to auction
18 May 2016“When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not.” The wise, if somewhat mangled words of Yoda, are ones that the great and good of the art and antiques trade will sagely nods their heads to. Then again, a nice patina and original condition are often just what’s needed.
West Ham hold memorabilia auction as they leave Upton Park
10 May 2016As West Ham and Manchester United prepare to play the final match at Upton Park tonight, the East London club have announced that fans will have the chance to buy their own slice of Hammers’ history with an extensive auction of memorabilia, including fixtures and fittings from the stadium itself.
Trading places: people moves at Mossgreen, Roseberys and Freemans
28 April 2016The latest moves and appointments from around the art and antiques industry.
Axe from The Shining brings a slice of film history to Tamlyns
19 April 2016Certain moments in films stay razor sharp in the mind long after you have seen them. Mention ‘Jack Nicholson’ and it is odds-on a mental image will spring up of that terrifying ‘Here’s Johnny’ scene from The Shining.
Phillips stage auction to benefit Design Museum as reopening date is announced
19 March 2016The Design Museum will be reopening at its new site in London on November 24. It had originally been thought that the relaunch would be in the summer.
Lord Ashcroft adds George Cross to his bumper medal collection
04 March 2016Dix Noonan Webb have achieved the second highest price for a George Cross just eight months after selling the GC awarded to the secret agent Violette Szabo for a record £260,000.
£165,000 record for Great Escape Rolex
09 December 2015A 1940s Rolex wristwatch whose RAF owner was murdered by the SS after the Great Escape has sold for £165,000 in Buckinghamshire.
Modern British greats in focus: Freud archive and Bacon catalogue
30 November 2015An archive comprising Lucian Freud’s sketchbooks, drawings and letters has been acquired by the nation from the estate of the artist through the Acceptance in Lieu Scheme.
Sextant story of shipwreck cannibalism
30 November 2015A simple pencil message on a wooden sextant case sold at a London auction tells a story of desperate shipwrecked sailors adrift in a dinghy and running out of food and water.
All Blacks jersey sets world record for a rugby shirt
13 October 2015Lot number one in Rogers Jones’ latest sale provided both a world record result and a house record for the Welsh auctioneers.
The shirt of original All Blacks legend
30 September 2015Timing is everything in sport and at auction. With New Zealand firm favourites to retain the Webb Ellis Cup on October 31, this is surely the moment to sell the jersey of a legendary All Black.
Adam Partridge to offer large lump of whale vomit found by vendor on Welsh beach
05 September 2015Fancy spending thousands of pounds on a lovely lump of vomit?
Lusitania centenary brings Captain’s medals to auction
28 August 2015The medal group awarded to the captain of the Lusitania on its final voyage, William Turner, is on offer at Lockdales of Ipswich, Suffolk.
New sales complex for Staffordshire auction house
27 August 2015Staffordshire auctioneers Richard Winterton have embarked on an expansion which will create six salerooms in total across two sites.
South Pacific clubs hit the heights at auction
26 August 2015South Pacific war clubs continue to strike high prices at auctions, as this Tongan example sold in Stafford this month shows.
New Olympia fair for vintage toys
20 August 2015A new fair at London’s Olympia venue aims to revitalise the market in antique dolls, teddy bears and toys by attracting a fresh generation of collectors.
Wedgwood Collection on display after £34m Barlaston museum redevelopment
10 August 2015The Wedgwood Collection has gone back on public display now a £34m museum redevelopment is complete.