Lincolnshire

Once ubiquitous in British seaside resorts in their day, many pre-war amusement arcade machines are now so rare that just a handful are recorded.

Memorabilia relating to the Victorian songwriter ‘Claribel’ returned home from Malta to be auctioned in Lincolnshire and were bought by the local museum.

The small town of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire is the perfect pitstop for antiques and vintage buyers, particularly the trade.

An ‘18th century’ bible turned out to be far more valuable as a first issue King James “He” version

Spotlight on a couple of shop donations that both ended up making £20,000 hammer prices

A huge collection of black and white, celluloid negatives was described by the Lincoln auction house that offered them as a ‘magnificent, massive, eclectic mix of subjects’.

These days you have to pay for the privilege of spending the night at the former House of Correction in Folkingham, Lincolnshire.

Huge Lincolnshire business is among the firms that are confident for the future after a buzzing year

Cecil Aldin (1870-1935) was best known for his portraits of dogs and other animals, but romanticised village and hunting scenes were also very popular.

This 19th century watercolour on ivory portrait miniature depicts Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Seton (1814-52) of the 21st Fusiliers.

Two dealer friends from Rutland who met at a vintage fair where they were both exhibiting are now launching their first event in Lincolnshire.

This lacquered brass and mahogany Hawksbee-type double valve vacuum pump is signed to the recessed silvered plate Ladd, Penton Place, Walworth.

A 14th or 15th century Persian mirror that emerged at auction in Lincolnshire took a five-figure sum.

Barry Fletcher of the Carpet Merchant is an Arthur Swallow regular, making the journey over from Belgium.

A letter of apology written by George Harrison after two autograph-hunting schoolgirls got a distinctly unfriendly reception when they turned up on the doorstep of his home took £6100 at auction.

A couple of late 19th or early 20th century works on paper by northern European artists caught the eyes of bidders recently, flying over lowly estimates

I would like to express my sadness on the closing of Eric A Bird Jewellers of Lincoln (Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres, ATG No 2574).

A jeweller’s shop in Lincoln which first opened in 1959 has closed its doors after 63 years in business.

Estimated at just £60-90, this English Civil War-era mortuary sword sold for £2300 at Unique Auctions (22.5% buyer’s premium) in Lincoln on October 22.