Merseyside

Tracks recorded by David Bowie for his 1967 debut album that were later rejected have been sold at auction for a hammer price of £16,000.

The English Literature school book of The Beatles’ Sir Paul McCartney has been bought at auction for £39,000.

In 1977, three years before his untimely death, Joy Division’s singer songwriter Ian Curtis wrote the lyrics to ‘Failures’: “Wise words and sympathy/Tell the story of our history.”

A tape thought to contain “possibly the first ever demo version” of David Bowie’s 1972 hit ‘Starman’ drew strong competition at Omega Auctions’ latest sale.

A copy of a previously unheard studio recording made by a young David Bowie comes up for sale at auction next week.

A bookshop’s tweet announcing it had sold a book that had been on its shelf for 27 years went viral over the weekend.

Football Sport Auctions Limited, a Merseyside company specialising in auctioning football memorabilia, ceased trading in April owing large sums to a long list of consignors.

More than two decades since the first sale of golfing memorabilia, this once-booming niche market stands at an important crossroads.