Collectables

The HMV 900 was one of first television receivers designed by the Marconi-EMI Television Company, the firm that also provided the technology for Britain’s first television service.

Heritage Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) in Dallas broke the record again for what it terms “the most valuable original work of comic book or fantasy art” during its four-day Comics & Comic Art sale held on June 22-25.

The Harrison semi-automatic pedestal knitting machine was designed c.1900 for producing rib socks.

A telephone exchange removed from Buckingham Palace during refurbishment 25 years ago sold in west London for £3000.

This brass cased mining aneroid pocket barometer altimeter, c.1885, was almost certainly a one-off order or commission.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Another tranche of items from the Dudley Ollis collection of playing cards was offered at a recent Dominic Winter auction.

Inscription by AA Milne using his nickname boosts price of a limited-edition copy to £21,000

Vendor finds glass marbles are worth more than expected as they make surprise four-figure sums in Bury St Edmunds

A bound volume presenting the first seven issues of Magic Comic issued by DC Thomson in 1939 proved a highlight in a Comic Book Auctions (19% buyer’s premium) sale of June 4.

After 2600 issues Ian McKay is hanging up his much-used quill. The column on this week’s pages is his last for ATG.

The Books and Works on Paper column on this week’s pages is Ian McKay’s last for ATG.

A chance purchase at auction during lockdown inspired a whole book on a single day of the Tour de France 100 years ago

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

A Brutus Eid Mar-type silver denarius, struck shortly after the murder of Julius Caesar, has become the most expensive numismatic object ever sold at auction in Scandinavia.

Matchbox can sell well even when there isn’t an actual vehicle in sight.

A handwritten letter by the 26-year-old Mozart coming up for auction at Christie’s reveals a tricky love life.