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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Happy news for salerooms: not the end of Spider-Man
10 October 2022Four auction records were set in the first 90 minutes of a recent four-day comics and comic art auction conducted by Heritage (20% buyer’s premium).
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English scent bottle emerges in Chicago from a Kansas City collector
10 October 2022A single-owner collection of 42 gold boxes and objects of vertu from the estate of a Kansas City collector is to be offered by Hindman on October 18.
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Dinosaur on the road to the rostrum
10 October 2022Giquello et Associés is selling this fossilised skeleton of Zephyr from the Iduanodon family of dinosaurs which is more than 150 million years old.
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Sports medals: FA Cup hero and a show-jumping legend
10 October 2022The game between Arsenal v Manchester United in 1979 provided one of the greatest finishes in FA Cup final history.
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Firsts finds its feet at the Saatchi Gallery
10 October 2022A first edition of 'Wealth of Nations' by Adam Smith was one of the star sales at Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair, which was back up to full power for its second staging at the Saatchi Gallery.
British and Irish book auctions: October 11-27, 2022
10 October 2022Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.
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Rare copy of Jane Austen’s Emma to go on display in the UK after US buyer agrees loan deal via book dealer
06 October 2022A rare copy of Jane Austen’s Emma will go on display at Chawton House, the former home of the novelist’s brother, after an arrangement was agreed with the US buyer of the book and dealer Peter Harrington.
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Shipwreck furniture and lock of hair with Horatio Nelson links attract collectors at auction
04 October 2022A bookcase made from the wreck of Nelson’s former flagship HMS Foudroyant and brooch containing a lock Nelson's hair sold at auction last month.
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Wallpaper well covered by an American auction
03 October 2022Bonhams conducts a sale in New York on October 6 titled Wonders in Wallpaper.
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Starman soars to an astronomical six figures at auction
03 October 2022Generating a hammer price of £165,000, the star attraction in Omega’s auction on September 27 was pretty obvious.
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Collector Interview: Book written for the grater good
03 October 2022A wider interest in kitchen-related antiques sparked a specialist collection
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Calcutta seen in colonial days
03 October 2022Early views of the city now known as Kolkata reveal 19th development under empire
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‘Anatomical first’ makes appearance
03 October 2022Boasting what have been described as the first accurate anatomical illustrations of the foetus in utero among its 39 engraved plates, a 1761, second edition of William Smellie’s 'Sett of Anatomical Tables… of the Practice of Midwifery' was one of the highlights of an online-only Forum (25/20/12.5% buyers premium) sale of September 15.
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Global interest in Chester
03 October 2022A pair of 19th century globes by the Newton family is on offer from FE Anderson of Welshpool at the Chester Decorative Antiques & Art Fair.
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Puritan work starts to bear fruit in New England
03 October 2022Very much the star turn in a Philadelphia sale of September 21 was an extremely rare copy of 'New Englands First Fruits…', a small quarto work, running to just 26pp, that was printed and published in London in 1643.
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Mechanical creative marvels from a comprehensive collection
03 October 2022From jukeboxes to robotic bands, a comprehensive collection was on offer in Pennsylvania.
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Previews: issue 2562
03 October 2022A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
British and Irish book auctions: October 4-14, 2022
03 October 2022Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.
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Bath astronomy museum to raise £108,000 to buy manuscript via Christie’s private sale
28 September 2022The Herschel Museum of Astronomy in Bath has launched a fundraising campaign to buy a Caroline Herschel memoir.
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Pick of the week: Kavanagh VC takes auction record sum
26 September 2022The first civilian Victoria Cross of just five to be awarded has sold for an auction record hammer price of £750,000 at London saleroom Noonans.
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