Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Previews: issue 2541
02 May 2022A selection of 12 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Shell posters sure to create interest wherever they sell
02 May 2022The You Can Be Sure Of Shell adverts are some of the most familiar and renowned examples in British graphic design.
BP battered but still four figures
02 May 2022‘Significant damage and rust’ was spot on as a catalogue description when it came to an enamel sign sold at Cotswold Auction Company (22% buyer’s premium) on February 8. It was a mess.
Stork flew from planes to cars
02 May 2022Top price among a selection of car mascots offered in Newcastle came for a design in honour of the French aviator George Guynemer.
Monaco Deco design
02 May 2022French illustrator Robert Falcucci (1900-89) was famous for his graphic works of the Art Deco era – particularly the Monaco Grand Prix posters.
Archer car mascot points way to luxury
02 May 2022Ewbank’s (24% buyer’s premium) held a dedicated Cars, Motorbikes, Scooters & Automobilia auction on December 2 in Send, Woking.
Herry motors on at Antikbar
02 May 2022This London Transport poster for the Motor Show that took place from October 17-26, 1935, in Olympia, west London, was designed by Heather Perry – known as Herry Perry (1897-1962). It was printed by The Dangerfield Printing Co, London.
Heuer helps rally timing
02 May 2022Described by Bonhams (15% buyer’s premium) as “the ultimate in rally equipment from the 1960s”, a pair of stopwatches mounted on an original Heuer plate intended to be attached to the dashboard of a racing or rally car received a suitably enthusiastic response.
Lalique mascots add a touch of glass
02 May 2022Lyon & Turnbull notes that while mascots made no functional contribution to a car, they “certainly added style, and generally have fared better over time than the cars to which they were mounted”.
Automobilia and petroliana: Pump action at auction
02 May 2022While classic, vintage and antique cars have a sizeable collecting market, the wider worlds of automobilia and petroliana also attract dedicated enthusiasts with plenty of auctions featuring a variety of lots.
Canadian ‘Black Battalion’ memento sells at Dix Noonan Webb
02 May 2022A medal awarded to a member of the only Canadian battalion composed of black soldiers to serve in the First World War has sold in a London auction.
Car badges make a statement at auction
02 May 2022Charterhouse (25% buyer’s premium) has been holding auctions of classic cars, motorcycles and automobilia for nearly 20 years.
Previews: issue 2540
25 April 2022A selection of 10 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
The Beatles’ Shea Stadium poster sets $220,000 record
25 April 2022A bright yellow poster promoting the Beatles’ August 23, 1966, concert at New York’s Shea Stadium has sold for a record $220,000 (£169,400) at Heritage Auctions in Dallas.
Beatles concert poster from 1966 sold at Dallas auction house sets a new high
20 April 2022A bright yellow poster promoting the Beatles’ August 23, 1966, concert at New York’s Shea Stadium has sold for a record $220,000 (£169,400) at the Heritage auction in Dallas.
A clown in front of the camera
18 April 2022Potter & Potter’s early spring signature Circus, Sideshow and Oddities Sale in Chicago features a collection of photographs of such subjects, plus theatrical images, amassed by collector and historian Gary Bart.
Previews: issue 2539
18 April 2022A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Olympia fundraiser for Met arms department
18 April 2022West London saleroom Olympia Auctions has announced a new fundraising campaign to benefit the arms and armour department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Capturing ‘the sentiments of a recovering nation’
18 April 2022The original watercolour draught for Sydney Harbour Bridge that featured on the front page of ATG No 2538 was bought by the Australian National Maritime Museum, it has been revealed.
Previews: issue 2538
11 April 2022A selection of 13 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.