Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Saleroom’s very local hero from just down the road
30 January 2023Medals awarded to a gallant soldier who was gassed in the First World War were sold at auction just a few minutes’ walk from the house where he was born.
A 1920s Cotswolds dresser is among five lots to watch this week
23 January 2023With estimates from £120, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Previews: issue 2577
23 January 2023A selection of 13 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK
Clive Barker: a sculptor who took a hard look at the Swinging Sixties
23 January 2023In August and September 2021 London gallery Whitford Fine Art held an exhibition titled Sand Casts devoted to a British pop artist prominent in the Swinging Sixties who had renewed his successful career in the Nineties.
Bidders target ‘exceptionally rare’ gun by an innovative provincial maker
23 January 2023While London gun-makers featured heavily – and lucratively – at Gavin Gardiner’s (25% buyer’s premium) auction of Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns on December 14, provincial makers also got a look in.
The greatest hits of arms and armour collector Elvis
23 January 2023Birmingham-born Roy Elvis (1944- 2022) inherited his family interest in antiques and started collecting furniture and decorative arts from an early age.
Pluck of the Irish
23 January 2023A pair of militaria highlights related to Irish regiments that came up in recent auctions.
Sussex militaria makes strong showing in auction on home turf
23 January 2023A selection of militaria with solid Sussex interest appeared at Lewes saleroom Wallis & Wallis (22% buyer’s premium).
Arms and armour: Personal touch gives 'warts and all' weapons the auction edge
23 January 2023Specialist buyers turn out in force to bid for rusty ‘warts and all’ weapons amassed by dealer-collector
Acrimonious royal family split detailed in letters now up at auction
18 January 2023Not THAT split, but the 1936 abdication of Edward VIII which also caused recriminations, as letters at Catherine Southon's sale show - plus other auctions offer many unpublished photos of Princess Di and paintings said to be by Queen Victoria.
Pick of the week: Dinky labels drive demand to high level
16 January 2023Models produced for promotional purposes usually benefit from considerable rarity value and so it proved when a Dinky toy came up for auction at Stockton-on-Tees saleroom Vectis.
An English medieval candlestick is among five lots to watch this week
16 January 2023With estimates from £200, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Strawberry Hill House and the ‘Great Sale’
16 January 2023In 1842, following renowned writer Horace Walpole’s (1717-97) death, the contents of Strawberry Hill House were dispersed in a famous auction, known as the ‘Great Sale’.
Lust and found: van Gogh film poster
16 January 2023Top price at the Ewbank’s (25% buyer’s premium) poster auction on January 6 came for a design that was a work of art in itself.
Previews: issue 2576
16 January 2023A selection of 13 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Old Master paintings go on long term loan to boost Strawberry Hill House collection
11 January 2023Strawberry Hill House has recreated the look of Horace Walpole’s art collection with loans of fifty Old Masters pictures.
A William & Mary delft plate is among six lots to watch
09 January 2023With estimates from £20, here are six previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Previews: issue 2575
09 January 2023A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Previews: issue 2574
02 January 2023A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.