Collectables

Illustrator John Buckland-Wright’s own specially bound and annotated copy of the 1947, Golden Cockerel Press edition of John Keats’ Endymion topped a sale.

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Until his death in 2022, the musicologist and collector Rudolf Ewerhart lived in Wassenach, some 20 miles to the west of Koblenz.

A Cambridge auction included a Buckingham Palace note-card scribbled on with pencil drawings by a young Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.

To say that a mid-16th century gold medal that was auctioned by Künker (25% buyer’s premium) in Osnabrück during the sale of March 16-24 is rare would be quite an understatement.

A collection of 32 letters and cards written by Diana, Princess of Wales to two friends came for sale at Lay’s (18% buyer’s premium).

The final proof coin set bearing Queen Victoria’s portrait was issued by the Royal Mint in two sets in 1893.

This rare US patent model, offered for sale by German ‘technical antiques’ specialist Auction Team Breker (21.8% buyer’s premium), aimed to change the way messages were passed via the telegraph in the mid 19th century.

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Boole’s 1847 paper would ‘find widespread use in the design of computers and communication systems’

Nelson memorabilia from a private collection in Devon was keenly fought over at Duke’s Spring auction.

This copy of 'The Study of Sociology' by Herbert Spencer is a first edition from 1875 in original cloth.

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While most dealerships look to existing auction houses to sell off excess stock, some dealers have brought the practice in house.

Forgotten today, a collection sold in Somerset remembers a multi-talented showman and author