Collectables
The term ‘collectables’ (or collectibles) encompasses a vast range of items in fields as diverse as arms, armour and militaria, bank notes, cameras, coins, entertainment and sporting memorabilia, stamps, taxidermy, wines and writing equipment.
Some collectables are antiques, others are classed as retro, vintage or curios but all are of value to the collector. In any of these fields, buyers seek out rarities and items with specific associations.
Gauntlet thrown down for last time but not accepted
28 October 2019One curiosity from a book and manuscript sale held by Christie’s (25/20/13.5% buyer’s premium) on July 10, this kid glove or gauntlet represents the final challenge to trial by battle in English legal history.
18th century floral frills at Sotheby’s
28 October 2019Billed as a ‘luminescent’ copy of one of the finer of all published florilegia, a copy of Jakob Christoph Trew’s 'Hortus nitidissimus… floribus' is estimated at £70,000-90,000 at Sotheby’s on November 12.
Vroom shows a sense of perspective
28 October 2019It was a visit to the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino with his parents that first whetted the 15-year-old Thomas Vroom’s appetite for perspective.
Regimental badge is a cut above
28 October 2019A white-metal regimental badge estimated at £50-100 sold for £4800 at Lindsay Burns (20% buyer’s premium) in Perth, Scotland, on September 3. Why? It probably hailed from the time and place of the American War of Independence (1775-83).
British and Irish book auctions: October 29-November 8, 2019
28 October 2019Our regular listing of British and Irish book auctions.
Book collector interview: Social history of the printed word
28 October 2019Collector turned dealer is writing an in-depth series on this often overlooked aspect of books.
Bayonets sale that gets to the point
28 October 2019Tom Mason’s collecting bug began when his father sent him postcards and gifts from places where he was posted during the Second World War. By his early teens he had started his own collection of military memorabilia and began what would become a lifetime obsession with the American Civil War. Pen pals in the US and Canada helped him search for relics.
Poignant plaque for Women’s RAF
28 October 2019A Great War bronze memorial plaque – the ‘Death Penny’ – awarded to Violet Porter, Women’s Royal Air Force, is estimated at £4000- 5000 in the Spink Orders, Medals and Decorations auction in London on November 27-28.
Celtic medal to club legend sells in Glasgow
28 October 2019A reminder of football’s early days, when huge crowds watched teams from the Scottish league playing counterparts from England, this 15ct gold medal with enamelled Scottish lion rampant was a hit when offered in its spiritual home of Glasgow by McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium).
Famous fables at Christie's sale of French family library
28 October 2019From November 26-28 Christie’s Paris will disperse part of the family library of the Comtesse Martine de Béhague (1869-1939) and Hubert de Ganay (1888-1974).
Nineteenth century views of Constantinople at Chiswick Auctions
28 October 2019Pictured below is one of the 26 views, after Coke Smyth, that form a first edition copy of John Frederick Lewis’ 'Illustrations of Constantinople, Made During a Residence in that City &c., in the Years 1835-6'.
Music box tunes in at 20-times guide
28 October 2019Selling at some 20 times the estimate, a 19th century mahogany-cased music box was the surprise success at Batemans’ (20% buyer’s premium) sale at Stamford on October 5.
Bank account: the earliest days in Britain
28 October 2019This newly discovered ledger, dated August 18, 1660, to March 16, 1661, was kept in person by Edward Backwell while acting as paymaster to both the Excise and the House of Commons. It carries an estimate of £20,000-40,000 at Bonhams’ Fine Books and Manuscripts sale in Knightsbridge on December 4.
Shako of sadness emerges at Tunbridge Wells sale
28 October 2019This shako worn by an officer of the 26th Regiment of Bengal Native (Light) Infantry is a reminder of tragic times in India.
Post rarity delivers a £24,000 result
28 October 2019Having stood at Guernsey airport from 1946-81, the island post box shown below came out of storage in 1988 for presentation to the late politician and lawyer Roger Perrot who died earlier this year.
William Nicholson’s 'Alphabet' in San Francisco sale
28 October 2019With the title and 26 plates tipped onto brown paper leaves, a large ‘library edition’ copy of William Nicholson’s famous Alphabet, published by Heinemann in 1898, is estimated at $800-1200 in a November 7 sale at PBA Galleries of San Francisco.
Charlotte Brontë’s teenage miniature manuscript returns to auction
28 October 2019Parsonage Museum ‘determined to make the most of second opportunity’ to own miniature manuscript
Using your head to avoid incoming fire
28 October 2019Red jackets and white helmets looked lovely on the parade ground but in the modern world of warfare developing at the end of the 19th century they also made fine targets for accurate long-range rifles.
Bicorne bidder from the US
28 October 2019This felt bicorne hat is of a type worn by all ranks of the British heavy cavalry and most light cavalry officers until replaced in 1812 by crested helmets and shakos.
Austin pedal car trundles into Cheshire saleroom
28 October 2019As one of the most meticulously made pedal cars ever produced, the Austin J40 is always a target when it comes to auction.
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