Collectables

The list of Polar exploration ships once lost but now rediscovered grew in number recently when it was announced the Quest had been located.

At the same time as a naval arms race was taking place in the years just before the First World War another maritime competition developed in the shape of liners.

Annual fair held at the city’s Assembly Rooms since 1986 starts afresh in Pavilion venue this July

Dealer Paul Frecker’s new book examines the rise of the carte de visite and its enduring cultural legacy.

Our regular update of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Two early documents featuring female authors are among the highlights in a wide-ranging sale selection

Extensive collection on tennis theme inlcudes early Wimbledon designs and Broders view of Monte Carlo

I am trying to find out the source of 15 what, I believe, are armorial badges which have been attached to a board.

The Alfred Jewel is a famous piece of Anglo-Saxon goldsmith craftmanship, a gold-mounted piece of rock crystal enamelled with a portrait of a man and the inscription translating as ‘Alfred ordered me to be made’.

Not only is this 1960 first edition of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' inscribed by Harper Lee to her friend Harold Caufield, but it was sold with a Christmas card from the author penned with a lengthy message.

It was on March 1, 1849 that Nathaniel Cook, the editor of the Illustrated London News, registered the design that would provide the ancient and cosmopolitan game of chess with its first standardised set.