Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Power of the toy sales force
26 June 2023It is not just Star Wars figures or film posters bringing the big bucks.
Japanese collection hits the spot in Ohio saleroom
26 June 2023A stellar collection of rare Japanese robots and space toys featured in the Milestone (20% buyer’s premium) sale in Willoughby, Ohio.
Pick of the week: Wilson was a first three in a row winner
19 June 2023While the achievement of Manchester City players in winning three titles in consecutive seasons – with a treble – is certainly admirable, spare a thought for Tom Wilson, a footballer of a much earlier era.
JMW Turner view of Finchley among five lots to watch this week
19 June 2023With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Mousetrap signed by Agatha Christie for Inspector Morse actor
19 June 2023A 1954 edition of 'The Mousetrap' play script offered on June 6 at the Cotswold Auction Company (24% buyer’s premium) was inscribed by the author “For James Grout on our 6th birthday, Agatha Christie”.
Doulton Lambeth bear model is among five lots to watch
12 June 2023With estimates from £2000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Special relationship in action 1745 style
12 June 2023A print commemorating an 18th century example of British and American military cooperation was given as a present 200 years later to mark another joint success.
Pick of the week: German antique doll doubles estimate at auction
12 June 2023A buyer got their teeth into an antique doll at auction despite the foot being chewed off by the family' pet dog.
Engels the editor at Munich sales
12 June 2023Hermann Historica’s (25% buyer’s premium inc VAT) huge series of sales in Munich included what it billed as ‘a key document from German history’.
Nelson launches Emma defence
12 June 2023Annotation of 1803-04 work included in a single collection features remark about his mistress
Everest 1953 expedition leader’s mittens reunited after auction
05 June 2023Mittens worn by British Everest expedition leader Sir John Hunt in 1953 have been reunited 70 years later following a successful auction bid, it has been revealed.
Pick of the week: Fascination for the Indian princess then Suffragette
05 June 2023As timing goes, the sale date for an album of handwritten letters, photographs and ephemera related to Sophia Duleep Singh (1876-1948) could not have been much better.
George I bookcase is among six lots to watch
05 June 2023With estimates from £200, here are six previews of upcoming items.
Prisoners who were publishers
05 June 2023Periodicals were produced in a Scottish camp by inmates to make life a bit more meaningful
An Edward Lear watercolour is among five lots to watch
29 May 2023With estimates from £1500, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Conan Doyle celebrated in Chicago
29 May 2023‘Sherlockian scholar’ is the term Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) uses to describe Robert Hess.
