Collectables

A collection devoted to the life and work of Winston Churchill is among the standout items at The Winter Show in New York, which opens today.

A trade card sold for a remarkable £26,800 hammer price was not only one of the earliest-known examples but also had the considerable appeal of featuring the first black professional football player.

A recently-rediscovered version of one of the best known Guild of Handicraft designs has sold at Sworders for £16,000.

Stubs of cigars smoked by Winston Churchill are common visitors to auctions. But it is pretty rare to find his gnashers on offer.

One of the world’s rarest football programmes is for a game abandoned due to tragedy: the Munich air crash of 1958.

The latest round up of dealer news includes honours awarded to the founder of Les Enluminures, the return of the US Ephemera Fair and a robust sales sheet for a Modern British art dealer.

A major collection of books on furniture from the late dealer John Bedford are on display as part of a new exhibition at the University of Leeds.

An FA Cup winner's medal awarded to a club's assistant secretary may not sound that much of a big deal.

A c.1964 publicity photograph signed by all four members of The Beatles was the highlight of a timed online sale in Bristol.

Estimated at £3000-5000, an album containing rare - possibly unique - views in the Treaty Port of Chinkiang (Zhenjiang) was the top lot at an auction in Thatcham, Berkshire.

With estimates from £100, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.