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This jersey dates from between 1886 and 1890, making it not just the oldest Middlesbrough FC shirt but possibly the oldest Football League shirt extant.

Footprint design telling a story of lost love stars among a selection of ‘out of the ordinary’ collectables lots sold at auction

With Arsenal still setting the pace at the top of the Premier League as we went to press, several lots offered at Graham Budd’s (24% buyer’s premium) sale on March 7-8 acted as a reminder of the club’s formative days.

On November 26, 1976, the Sex Pistols released their first single, Anarchy in the UK.

Gold has become the standard to aspire to at the Olympics but for the first version of the modern summer Games it was silver.

Middle-Earth history works edited by Christopher and two copies of The Hobbit with interesting links

“A very rare and early item of cricketing history” is how Knights Sporting Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) describes the large silk handkerchief shown here.

La Lutine, launched by the French in 1779 and later requisitioned into the Royal Navy, is today best known for its sinking.

A roundup of news and events from across the trade.

The visit of ‘Revolutionary Wars’ hero Gilbert du Motler, the Marquis of Lafayette, to the US in 1824 spawned a large number of commemoratives.

A handful of lots featuring communications between an actress, Miss Alice Bowes (1889-1969), and George Bernard Shaw featured in a Mullock’s (20% buyer’s premium) sale.

Sold at the high-estimate £3500 at a Kent auction was a German facsimile edition of the Lindisfarne Gospels.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

Dealers look back at the huge Peterborough event now holding its last showground venue staging

On June 9, 1934, Donald Duck made his debut in a supporting role in a Silly Symphony cartoon titled The Wise Little Hen.

A new fair will launch at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in April next year.