Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Rare specimen banknotes book sets auction record at Hertfordshire saleroom
10 September 2018A book of specimen banknotes printed for locations across the world has set a house record for Tring Market Auctions (17.5% buyer’s premium) by selling for £205,000.
Chicago auction held by magical memorabilia specialist saleroom conjures up enchanting stories
10 September 2018Chicago auction house Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) is conjuring up quite a reputation for its magic memorabilia sales.
René Lalique perfume bottle with no stopper is still a flyer at auction
10 September 2018A classic French René Lalique perfume bottle was on offer at Virginia auction house Jeffrey S Evans on August 24-25 from the collection of the late Joan M Wentz, Germansville, Pennsylvania, which had been amassed over 50 years.
Lefeuvre bronze sculpture has good ring to it
10 September 2018This bronze sculpture by Louis-Albert Lefeuvre (1845- 1924), Les Fondeurs du Moyen Age, was one of the highlights of a single-owner collection sold by Alderfer Auction in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.
Single owner portrait silhouette collection amassed for over 40 years stands out at auction in Cambridge
06 September 2018Portrait silhouettes were all the rage in fashionable English society of the Georgian period but suffered a rapid decline in popularity in Victorian times as photography began to dominate.
Britains toy soldiers gallop into Teesside auction as Bombay Lancers set from 1896 makes £11,000
05 September 2018In the race to offer increasingly collectable more modern toys such as Lego and Star Wars, a lot dating from 1896 sold at a Teesside auction shows older items are still in the running when rarity and condition are just right.
Pick of the Week: Cheers to new beer label ‘record’
03 September 2018Gary Arkell of Loddon Auctions was ready to toast a record-breaking success when lot 718 in the Berkshire saleroom’s latest auction sold for what is believed to be a record price for a beer label of £1500.
Gardiner Houlgate auction offers guitars galore including the acoustic that set the Bee Gees on route to stardom
03 September 2018Gardiner Houlgate in Wiltshire is dubbing its upcoming sale “the UK’s largest-ever auction of guitars”.
Three Henry Moore sketches emerge at Weschlers in Maryland
03 September 2018Henry Moore has been in the UK headlines recently thanks to the BBC Fake or Fortune? programme which revealed a watercolour sketch to be an authentic early lost work by the British sculptor and artist.
Why Ernest GF Brown is a strangely familiar name in Titanic auctions
29 August 2018The Titanic market throws up many connections and coincidences within a relatively small but ever-popular collecting field, as an elegant gold Asprey cigarette case on offer at a Derbyshire auction demonstrates perfectly.
Maurice Gibb Bee Gees guitars to test how deep is your pocket when bidding at auction
28 August 2018The guitar that set the Bee Gees on the road to Saturday Night Fever and international disco stardom is to be offered at a Wiltshire sale.
Private collections offer classic British art pottery at North Yorkshire saleroom Tennants
28 August 2018Two extensive private collections of pottery coming up at a North Yorkshire auction will offer the chance to buy items produced by classic British manufacturers with designs by some of the best-known names in that field.
Pick of the Week: Early uniforms spearhead sale at Stroud Auctions
27 August 2018Early British army uniforms were the highlight of an extensive single-owner militaria collection amassed by a long-standing Nottinghamshire family which was offered at Stroud Auctions.
Patrick Caulfield work ahead of the field at Roseberys’ highest-ever estimate
27 August 2018A simple image titled 'Pony' by British artist Patrick Caulfield is the highest-estimated lot ever to be offered at south London saleroom Roseberys.
Pony by Patrick Caulfield is highest estimated lot ever at south London saleroom Roseberys - video
22 August 2018A simple but significant Patrick Caulfield picture with the suitably simple title of ‘Pony’ will become the highest-estimated lot ever to be offered at south London saleroom Roseberys next month.
Memories of infamous Lord Lucan spurred by London auction of Lady Lucan collection
21 August 2018The nickname ‘Lucky’ Lucan seems a strange one seeing as it refers to the infamous 7th Earl of Lucan who disappeared in 1974, shortly after the attempted murder of his, by then, estranged wife and the murder of the nanny of their children, Sandra Rivett.
Stuart Devlin collection at Surrey sale
20 August 2018When it comes to auctions of Stuart Devlin silver, a very good market test is coming up soon. Catherine Southon’s October 3 sale at Farleigh Court Golf Club in Selsdon, Surrey, offers a single-owner collection.
Rock star Rod Stewart having a clear out with the help of an Essex auction house
15 August 2018‘We are selling… we are sellll-iiing…’ as Rod Stewart nearly sang. We all need a good clear-out now and again, even rock stars. Stewart has asked a local auction firm to help out with his.
Extensive single owner Stuart Devlin silver collection comes to Catherine Southon auction
15 August 2018In our recent ATG jewellery feature we wrote about how the death of silver designer Stuart Devlin earlier this year and a book he published just beforehand could lead to a reappraisal of his work. When it comes to auctions, a very good market test is coming up soon.
Saleroom revved up for Lalique mascots
13 August 2018An extensive collection of René Lalique ‘mascots’ amassed by a collector and dealer who wrote a book on the subject is coming up at auction in East Sussex.