Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Red alert as early Arsenal shirts impress
03 January 2022Arsenal FC’s familiar red jersey with white arms is instantly recognisable to football fans worldwide now. However, a pair of shirts sold at the Graham Budd (20.5% buyer’s premium) December 1-2 auction in London show an earlier look.
Heroic exploits of naval skipper who later came a cropper
03 January 2022Many of the unsung British heroes of both world wars served in the royal and merchant navies carrying and protecting supplies to Russia or the USSR.
‘Tommy’ was a remarkable wartime countess
03 January 2022A group of medals awarded to a First World War ‘Tommy’ sold for a mid-estimate £2400 at Kent auction house C&T (22% buyer’s premium) on October 20-21. Not that unusual, it would seem.
Pick of the week: German armour blows off to the Windy City
20 December 2021Catalogued as ‘fine and exceptionally rare’, a north German parade cuirass is on its way to the Art Institute of Chicago after being sold at auction.
An Art Nouveau butterfly-shaped screen and a three-piece Georgian silver tea set are among four lots to watch
20 December 2021With estimates from £300-5000 here are four previews of upcoming items.
Previews: issue 2523
20 December 2021A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Napoleon weapons garniture sells for $2.5m in Illinois
13 December 2021A remarkable garniture of weapons including the sword Napoleon is believed to have carried when he seized power in 1799 sold at an Illinois auction house.
A drawing by CRW Nevinson and artworks from Simon Parker Bowles’ Green’s Restaurant are among six lots to watch
13 December 2021With estimates from £150-60,000 here are six previews of upcoming items.
Previews: issue 2521
06 December 2021A selection of 23 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Shock result for the silver badge of courage
29 November 2021A silver war badge issued to Lance-Corporal Harold Sandford Mugford of the Machine Gun Corps was a surprise highlight of a Gloucestershire sale.
Hefty price for medals won by footballer ‘Fanny’
29 November 2021If you ever encounter the pub quiz question ‘who is the smallest footballer ever to represent England at a senior level’ just remember an FA Cup winner’s medal sold at sporting specialist auction house Knights (20% buyer’s premium).
Elizabethan sovereigns fit into white glove
29 November 2021A single-owner collection of 33 sovereigns from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I generated a white-glove result at London auction house Dix Noonan Webb (24% buyer’s premium).
Record price for an IKEA item... made before its flat-pack fame
22 November 2021A world away from the flat-pack furniture so familiar today, a Mid-century armchair has sold for what is believed to be a record price for IKEA.
Previews: issue 2519
22 November 2021A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Dealer finds there is no cure for his art habit
22 November 2021“Dealing in art is not just a hobby but also a disease which is very hard to throw off,” says dealer Malcolm Innes.
A Russian silver vase by Fabergé and a Clarice Cliff bowl are among five lots to watch
15 November 2021With estimates from £100-4000 here are five previews of upcoming items.
Previews: issue 2518
15 November 2021A selection of 22 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.