Collectables

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Lighter Club of Great Britain holds fair open to both members and non-members

Relic belonging to French military hero sells in Versailles, with one of Napoleon’s bicorn hats still to come

In its latest catalogue, 'Networks of Knowledge', Peter Harrington Rare Books features one of the first pictures produced by a Jacquard loom.

The Distinguished Flying Cross and bar awarded to the highest scoring Jewish ‘ace’ of the First World War is to be offered at Noonans’ auction in London on October 13.

When 'Withnail and I' was released in 1987 it was a British film that seemed destined to disappear into obscurity.

Peter Cushing’s (1913-94) six-decade acting career featured more than 100 films furnished many fond memories – and of course provided plenty of memorabilia.

Increased private buying plus overseas trade purchases boost the huge annual extravaganza of the York National Book Fair.

Andrew Morris inherited the collecting bug from his father, David Morris.

While its existence was known, the whereabouts was a mystery until a routine house valuation

When Ernest Shepard was first recommended to AA Milne in 1923, the author had originally deemed him unsuitable.

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Christie’s sale Charlie Watts: Gentleman, Collector, Rolling Stone combined stardust with an extraordinary library of modern first editions.

The sale at Moore Allen & Innocent on October 11-12 includes a series of personal items relating to William Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837).

Collector who helped Madonna on road to stardom becomes the centre of attention in West Sussex saleroom

Three-inch globes were mostly sold as pocket globes, typically as a terrestrial globe contained within a ray-skin case with the celestial gores for the heavens pasted inside.

When 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?