Collectables

The sold-out auction of a remarkable collection of medals spanning more than 200 years of naval history included fine examples of a Victoria Cross and a George Cross.

From unpublished writings to a clothes brush from his valet, collection marks the 150th anniversary year of Sir Winston Churchill’s birth

A Victorian taxidermy display of now extinct huia birds from New Zealand sold at Kinghams Auctioneers for £38,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) to a room bidder.

A collection of vintage comic books amassed by two brothers, including a UK first issue of 'The Incredible Hulk comic', is to be auctioned by Gildings Auctioneers on August 1.

A remarkable solid gold medallion created for the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 turned up at Jacobs & Hunt in Liss, Hampshire.

The library of Birmingham-Southern College, featuring early works on the history of North America and classics of science and literature, will be sold at Grant Zahajko Auctions in Davenport, Washington over two days on July 31-August 1.

King’s Auctions of Las Vegas has been appointed by the Superior Court of California to sell a collection of original artworks signed by Michael Jackson (1958-2009).

Catalogued simply as 'a cased pair of spectacles, 19th century, the case in shagreen, along with three magnifying glasses', this understated lot estimated at £30-50 fell between a portrait miniature of Napoleon and a set of 1950s headlights.

The Irish musician’s guitar collection, including his famous Fender Stratocaster, will appear at Bonhams in October

Buffalo Bill biographies dedicated to UK tour partner sold by the latter’s family

The glasses were given to the vendor as a birthday gift in 1968 and will be sold by Catherine Southon Auctioneers