Collectables

Eighteenth century coffee pot made on the Mediterranean island stands out as best-seller in an extensive and varied auction array.

Impressive library of renowned collector and expert includes sought-after designs by women binders

I recently received an online numismatic journal that informed me that The Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum has undergone a reorganisation.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales.

One of the earliest pieces in the auction of works of art at Koller in Zürich on March 21 is a copper and enamel figure of a dove.

Themed fairs are an added reason to head for Etc Fairs’ events held in London at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury WC1.

A French three-colour gold snuff box was a highlight of the silver and vertu section of Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne’s recent winter sale.

Soon after the Italian coin engraver Benedetto Pistrucci moved to England in 1815, he received a prestigious task from William Wellesley-Pole, the Master of the Mint. He was commissioned with the creation of a series of new gold coins for George III.

Film and TV stars must be a forgetful bunch, if lots sold at two recent UK auctions are anything to go by.

Amherst Antiques, the Kent-based specialist in Tunbridge Ware, is offering reductions on some of its stock as the owners prepare to retire.

Rediscovered books and manuscripts that once belonged to former antiquarian book dealer John Percival Love and had been stored away in a bank vault for nearly 50 years captivated collectors and the trade alike at auction.

The British and US postal clerks aboard transatlantic liners had the duty of sorting the mail during the passage.

Robert Opie, consumer historian and collector, has been saving “evidence of the branded world” since he was 16.

Richard Potter (1783-1835) is considered the first successful stage magician born in the US and African-American celebrity.

Actress cheated by the Prince of Wales turned to a campaign based on ‘injustice of mental subordination’

A printing of George Washington’s 1795 Thanksgiving Day proclamation sold way above hopes at Sarasota Estate Auction (23% buyer’s premium) in Florida.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions