Collectables

A new auction record for an English silver coin was set during the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC).

Bear in mind 'Hugglets Bear Festival: The World of Teddy Bears' which runs on Sunday February 25 at Kensington Town Hall in London W8.

An original version of one of the great Art Deco posters emerged at Sapphire Auction Gallery (20% buyer’s premium).

Heritage Auctions’ 1170-lot Comics & Comic Art sale held on January 11-14 delivered a white-glove result.

The new chair of the Ephemera Society, Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes, is making plans for the association.

Gifts given by the late Poet Laureate to his friend show how interesting items can be bought for three figures

The Victorian artist’s box, an essential accessory for any 19th century amateur, doesn’t get much better than this example sold for $5000 (£4000) at Briggs Auction Co (28% buyer’s premium) in Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, on December 8.

North Yorkshire saleroom starts 2024 with 2600 lots offered over two weeks in four auctions

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

Kent Tschanz of Tschanz Rare Books in Salt Lake City, Utah, is among the exhibitors at the ABAA’s 56th California International Antiquarian Book Fair (February 9-11).

Nation’s Attic (20% buyer’s premium) in Wichita, Kansas, is the leading US auction house for vintage diving equipment, so when an elderly widow approached them about liquidating her late husband’s collection, they knew they had something special.