Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Pick of the week: German antique doll doubles estimate at auction
12 June 2023A buyer got their teeth into an antique doll at auction despite the foot being chewed off by the family' pet dog.
Engels the editor at Munich sales
12 June 2023Hermann Historica’s (25% buyer’s premium inc VAT) huge series of sales in Munich included what it billed as ‘a key document from German history’.
Everest 1953 expedition leader’s mittens reunited after auction
05 June 2023Mittens worn by British Everest expedition leader Sir John Hunt in 1953 have been reunited 70 years later following a successful auction bid, it has been revealed.
Pick of the week: Fascination for the Indian princess then Suffragette
05 June 2023As timing goes, the sale date for an album of handwritten letters, photographs and ephemera related to Sophia Duleep Singh (1876-1948) could not have been much better.
George I bookcase is among six lots to watch
05 June 2023With estimates from £200, here are six previews of upcoming items.
Prisoners who were publishers
05 June 2023Periodicals were produced in a Scottish camp by inmates to make life a bit more meaningful
An Edward Lear watercolour is among five lots to watch
29 May 2023With estimates from £1500, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Conan Doyle celebrated in Chicago
29 May 2023‘Sherlockian scholar’ is the term Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) uses to describe Robert Hess.
Rolex bought for £200 by vendor is among six lots to watch
22 May 2023With estimates from £200, here are six previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Previews: issue 2594
22 May 2023Our selection of 13 upcoming auction lots from UK and Irish salerooms.
An Arts & Crafts water jug is among six lots to watch
15 May 2023With estimates from £200, here are six previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Camille Fauré says it with flowers
15 May 2023This Camille Fauré (1874-1956) covered vase with flowers, c.1935, is in enamelled copper and marked 'C Fauré, Limoges'.
Send in the clowns: cigarette card rarity makes £8000
15 May 2023Among the most popular cigarette cards to collect are those produced by the Taddy company.
Dickens brings expectations of up to $12,000
15 May 2023Potter & Potter’s second books auction of the year includes Charles Dickens’ (1812-70) Great Expectations estimated at $8000-12,000.
'Gang of Five' robot is the target of Japanese toy collectors
15 May 2023Milestone’s 881-lot auction on May 27 in Willoughby, Ohio, is led by a collection of post-war Japanese toy robot rarities.
Exceptional 18th century pocket watch is among five lots to watch
08 May 2023With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
From Horatio Nelson to a Hebrew bible and Ulysses to the BFG: a selection of upcoming auction highlights
08 May 2023Stand-out lots to watch out for in UK, Irish, European and US sales of books and works on paper