Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
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.
Previews: issue 2516
01 November 2021A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
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.
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.
Mourning glory: set of rings takes £31,000
11 October 2021Gold and enamel mourning rings remembered at Birmingham auction.
Social whirl: the Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie library
11 October 2021Coming to Cheffins’ October 21 auction directly from the library of the Hertfordshire estate, Julians Park, the home of society hostess Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, is a collection of 70 of the principal books.
The long read: an Arabic manuscript
11 October 2021On October 21 in London Plakas is offering this endowment document for the religious complex of the vizier Zaganos Pasha in Balikesir with the tughra of Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror, dated beginning of jumada i AH866/February.
Previews: issue 2513
11 October 2021A selection of seven upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
A Henry Moore sculpture and a 19th century state carriage are among six lots to watch
11 October 2021With estimates from £400-80,000, here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Atlas pathfinder up at auction
11 October 2021A copy of the first modern atlas by Abraham Ortelius, which set the standard for all following atlases, will be on offer at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg on November 29 with an estimate of €80,000.
Previews: issue 2512
04 October 2021A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Frink tribute emerges from a bungalow
04 October 2021John Rolfe from Wotton Auction Rooms had been asked to undertake a valuation for probate in a bungalow near Salisbury when he made an intriguing discovery.
Medal group and archive breaks through walls at auction
27 September 2021One of the most daring air operations of the Second World War included New Zealand pilot Flight Lieutenant Maxwell Nicholas Sparks as a participant.
Previews: issue 2511
27 September 2021A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Father and son medal group take flight in Gloucestershire sale
20 September 2021Serving in the Glider Pilot Regiment was a tough task during the Second World War.