Collectables
The term ‘collectables’ (or collectibles) encompasses a vast range of items in fields as diverse as arms, armour and militaria, bank notes, cameras, coins, entertainment and sporting memorabilia, stamps, taxidermy, wines and writing equipment.
Some collectables are antiques, others are classed as retro, vintage or curios but all are of value to the collector. In any of these fields, buyers seek out rarities and items with specific associations.
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Intaglios in abundance at Edinburgh auction
02 October 2023Grand Tour souvenirs often attract attention at auction and the buyer of this lot certainly got a sizeable helping for their money
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Lighters ignite interest in classic Dunhill design
02 October 2023In the wake of an auction record for an ‘aquarium’ lighter at Chiswick Auctions (25/12% buyer’s premium), six more of the classic Dunhill accessories lit up the saleroom.
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Chrysanthemums in full bloom at Bonhams Skinner
02 October 2023The late 19th century Japanese artist Keika Hasegawa remains something of an enigma.
ATG letter: This is a fantastic time to be in the books and booksellers industry
02 October 2023We were disappointed to read the article The Young Guard, published in ATG No 2609. After an hour-long interview discussing our experiences as young women in the beginning of our careers, we were taken aback by the published article’s seemingly disparaging portrayal of our narrow commentary around some of those experiences.
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Take a tour to the Lakes and Devon
02 October 2023Travel journals that appeared at auction date from a time when British leisure travel was in its infancy
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A 17th century rarity: unrecorded book emerges at Sussex auction
02 October 2023An unrecorded 17th century printed book took £8800 hammer at a West Sussex sale.
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Harry Potter work wins joint prize price
02 October 2023Boy wizard Harry Potter was up against prize fighter Daniel Mendoza for the top spot at Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium).
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Annie Oakley’s shotgun blasts its way to over $200,000
02 October 2023A shotgun built for sharpshooter Annie Oakley in 1888 and used during a significant period of her career has sold for $210,000 (£170,100) in Denver, Pennsylvania.
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Shakespeare play was staged as a joint production
02 October 2023Peter Harrington Rare Books is offering a first edition of 'The Two Noble Kinsmen' (1634) at Frieze Masters in London this month – the only extant Shakespeare play not included in any of the four folio editions.
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Brunette not blonde Barbie in the pink at auction
02 October 2023With the blockbuster Margot Robbie-Ryan Gosling movie packing cinemas worldwide, this has been the summer of Barbie, and that also includes the toy-collecting world.
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Glasgow museum makes fundraising plea to buy Suffragette hunger strike medal
28 September 2023Glasgow Women’s Library is fundraising to bid at auction for a medal marking the first Suffragette hunger strike in Scotland.
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Pipe dream reality: meerschaum magnificence
25 September 2023An elaborate Victorian meerschaum pipe stood out at a recent Surrey sale.
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Pick of the week: Music made with a touch of glass
25 September 2023The phenomenon of rubbing a wet finger around the rim of a wine goblet to produce a note is as old as glassmaking.
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Weapon belonged to Light Brigade prisoner
25 September 2023A sword that saw action in the famed Charge of the Light Brigade sold for £1900 at Elstob Auctioneers’ (25% buyer’s premium) Antiques & Fine Art Sale.
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Fist editions: boxing books at auction
25 September 2023Large group of pugilist-related works was collected over more than 50 years by London couple
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Houdini ready to wow the crowds in Bolton
25 September 2023The sale of Vintage & Modern Magic at Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) in Chicago on August 26 included this original theatre contract signed by Erik Weisz, the man better known as Harry Houdini (1874-1926).
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Geoffrey Munn: how a cabinet satisfies my curiosity
25 September 2023Jewellery specialist Geoffrey Munn worked at London antiques dealer Wartski between 1972 and 2018, serving as managing director from 1990.
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Rare enamel advertising design on the move in Wiltshire
25 September 2023The sale of Enamel Signs, Automobilia and Advertising at Chippenham Auction Rooms (20% buyer’s premium) on July 29 included a rare pictorial enamel design depicting the Mauretania at full steam advertising Holzapfels Composition.
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Archive tells story of the little-known Japanese Antarctic Expedition
25 September 2023A trove of material related to the Japanese Antarctic Expedition (JAE) of 1910-12 comes to market at Potter & Potter in Chicago on October 12.
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Gauguin's spoon ‘served as erotic symbol’
25 September 2023This wooden spoon worked with a recumbent fox is thought to have been carved by Paul Gauguin in Tahiti.
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