Collectables

It is thought that Thomas Edison invented the first PsychoPhone in an effort to record messages from the subconscious or the afterlife.

Wife describes how collector husband Chris Hancock’s latest artworks had to fight for space in a family home

A copy of the very first 'Superman' comic of 1939 that came to auction in the US was not in the finest of conditions, indeed rated only VG/FN 5.O.

Eye-catching bijouterie attracted international buyers to Olympia Auctions’ (25% buyer’s premium) 320-lot European Works of Art sale.

An auction record was set for an Alfred Dunhill ‘aquarium’ lighter at Chiswick Auctions.

Although Dutchmen John and David Elers came to London sometime in the 1680s as silversmiths, the brothers are remembered today as the potters who brought fine unglazed stonewares to Staffordshire.

Comprehensive sewing kit, playing cards, mirror and pocketknife are among the attractions at Warwick sale

While a Beano No 1 will always take the headlines, not so well-known titles can also impress

ATG talks to two collectors exhibiting works The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery in Exeter

It was, said the catalogue, “a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire a top end sign in such remarkable condition”.

The Singer 222K Featherweight is rated as one of the best sewing machines ever made.

Postcards are going to be on sale for the first time at the Ephemera Society’s fair on Sunday, December 4, at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, London.

One of the leading buckles collections in the world, many bought at Portobello Market in London in its 1970s heyday, is coming to auction in Australia.

Often from poor communities and mostly illiterate, men were limited in the ways in which they could plight their troth in 18th and 19th century Wales.

An album of 19 carte de visite portrait photographs of Charles Darwin is offered in Reeman Dansie’s Fine Art auction on November 8-9.

Among the eye-catchers at Wendl in Rudolstadt from October 27-29 is an example of the world’s first functioning lighter.

Enthusiasts who feel British enamel advertising signs are becoming overpriced may spare a thought for collectors in the US.

Four auction records were set in the first 90 minutes of a recent four-day comics and comic art auction conducted by Heritage (20% buyer’s premium).