Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Never on a pitch, but Best and Beckham meet in the saleroom
08 November 2021Derbyshire auction house Hansons (25% buyer’s premium) sold memorabilia this summer worn by two Manchester United favourites of different eras: George Best and David Beckham.
Football lots in Sheffield and Chippenham keep with the programme
08 November 2021Before match programmes grew into the glossy mini-magazines of today they were relatively simple affairs – most just a single sheet printed on both sides.
Stan Anderson’s unusual hat-trick
08 November 2021Stan Anderson (1934-2018) was a north-eastern football stalwart playing as captain for a hat-trick of local clubs.
England cap won by later World Cup-winning boss
08 November 2021An England blue velvet and silver braid cap awarded to Sir Alfred Ramsey sold for a mid-estimate £3400 at Lacy Scott & Knight (22.5% buyer’s premium) in Bury St Edmunds.
Third Lanark remembered at McTear’s auction
08 November 2021Not all football memorabilia has to be Manchester United or early FA Cup, say, to catch the eye of buyers.
Previews: issue 2517
08 November 2021A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Sporting memorabilia: Dealer keeps boxing clever to add to collection
08 November 2021A painting of a pugilist will now be researched by the dealer who bought it at auction thanks to his collecting fascination with the early days of the sport
Handy if you have pressing concerns
08 November 2021If you wanted to keep the strings of a tennis racket taut, you could do with a tennis racket press – a device consisting of a frame closed by a spring mechanism.
Pottery packing a punch
08 November 2021A pair of early 19th century Staffordshire pearlware figures modelled after bare-knuckle boxers Tom Cribb and Tom Molineaux who fought for a ‘world title’ of sorts is estimated at £3000-5000 in Tennants’ Autumn Fine Sale on November 13 in Leyburn.
Silver salute to the great Sir Stanley Matthews sold by dealer
08 November 2021A silver tea service presented to Sir Stanley Matthews (1915-2000) to mark his record England cap has been sold by a Hampshire dealer.
Cycling gears up at auction
08 November 2021A group of “rare and interesting” 20th century cycling ephemera relating primarily to the Olympic Games offered by Catherine Southon (20% buyer’s premium) came from the collection of cycling journalist David Taylor (1937-2020).
The earliest Manchester United medal sold at auction
08 November 2021The highlight of an impressive range of football memorabilia offered by specialist Graham Budd (20.5% buyer’s premium) was the earliest Manchester United medal sold at auction.
19th century French beetle brooch is among five lots to watch this week
01 November 2021With estimates from £250-3000, here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
Anglo-Saxon coins come to auction via caravan and bank vault
01 November 2021An “extremely rare” gold Thrymsa, or shilling, dating from 640-660 and minted in Northumbria or York, was the highlight of a pensioner’s collection of Anglo-Saxon coins sold at Canterbury Auction Galleries (27% buyer’s premium inc VAT) on October 3.
Previews: issue 2516
01 November 2021A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Pocket watch and chain mentioned in James Joyce’s Ulysses comes to Bonhams
26 October 2021A 18ct gold hunter case pocket watch and chain referred to in James Joyce’s masterpiece as the action takes place across a single day is up for sale at Bonhams in Paris on November 4.
Previews: issue 2515
25 October 2021A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
A Whitefriars glass vase from the collection of an English pop impresario is among six lots to watch
18 October 2021With estimates from £400-£16,000, here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Pick of the week: Follow the Hird for an Elizabethan extravaganza
11 October 2021A group of 52 Tudor, Stuart and Commonwealth England hammered gold coins rediscovered after 60 years shine at auction.