Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
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Peter Cushing: fangs for the memories
09 October 2023Peter Cushing’s (1913-94) six-decade acting career featured more than 100 films furnished many fond memories – and of course provided plenty of memorabilia.
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One of just five copies of a Shakespeare jointly written play in private hands comes up for sale through book dealer
03 October 2023Peter Harrington Rare Books is offering a first edition of The Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) at Frieze Masters in London this month – the only extant Shakespeare play not included in any of the four folio editions.
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Two ‘exceptional’ Lucie Rie and Hans Coper collections on offer from significant sources
02 October 2023What has been billed by Phillips as ‘the most exceptional and significant group of works by Lucie Rie and Hans Coper to ever come to auction’ will be offered in London on November 1.
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Pick of the week: Railway station sign steams well above the target
02 October 2023When it comes to the value of classic railway station signs, key factors include: is the site now disused? Was it from a holiday resort? Is it an early design?
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Shakespeare play was staged as a joint production
02 October 2023Peter Harrington Rare Books is offering a first edition of 'The Two Noble Kinsmen' (1634) at Frieze Masters in London this month – the only extant Shakespeare play not included in any of the four folio editions.
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Weapon belonged to Light Brigade prisoner
25 September 2023A sword that saw action in the famed Charge of the Light Brigade sold for £1900 at Elstob Auctioneers’ (25% buyer’s premium) Antiques & Fine Art Sale.
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Tuke trio comes together in Cornish saleroom
25 September 2023Two portraits and a shipping scene by the Newlyn School artist were consigned from three different sources
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Symbol of national pride: Latvian plate takes 20-times estimate in Sussex
18 September 2023By the time the Baltars ceramics painting workshop was established in 1925 the country where it was founded – Latvia – had been accepted by the international community as independent for just four years.
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A sedan chair from the largest known private collection is among five lots to watch
18 September 2023With estimates from £200, here are five previews of items coming up for auction this week.
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Ukrainian avant garde picture is among five lots to watch
11 September 2023With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up for auction this week.
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What price an early Harry Potter book?
11 September 2023The earliest book on the boy wizard continues to entrance collectors
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Harry Potter: the children’s book series that became a phenomenon
11 September 2023“I get loads and loads of emails and calls all the time from people whose eyes have lit up when they see those words ‘first edition’…”
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Victorian centre table is among five lots to watch
04 September 2023With estimates from £1000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
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Wisden: nearly 160 years not out
04 September 2023Extensive selection of the long-running cricket guides on offer at auction runs up a market test
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Pick of the week: Lessons pointed the poor towards job skills
28 August 2023Well known for pottery, Sally Tuffin (b.1938) is also renowned for pioneering 1960s fashion as part of the Foale and Tuffin firm.