Latest News Articles by Dom Walbanke
JPR Williams’ Barbarians jersey sells at Rogers Jones
11 April 2025The Barbarians jersey worn by JPR Williams (1949-2024) in one of rugby union’s most famous matches sold at Rogers Jones for £27,500 (plus 22% buyer’s premium) on April 10.
American beer can sets new record
10 April 2025The “rarest crowntainer” on the market has become the most expensive beer can ever sold as market shows no sign of letting up
First Japanese robot toy doubles estimate
09 April 2025The innovative 1930s clockwork robot found its way into Hartley Auctions in West Yorkshire on April 5.
Silver box stolen from National Trust property
08 April 2025The box was reported missing from Hanbury Hall in Worcestershire on March 23
One of the first photographs of Mandalay Bay makes 20 times estimate
04 April 2025Felice Beato (1832-1909) was one of the first photographers to capture East Asia, with this panorama appearing at Chiswick Auctions
Dunston Hall to host first antiques fair
03 April 2025The inaugural antiques fair at Dunston Hall will be held on April 13, with a winter fair returning to the 19th century venue in November
Complete copy of first Panini World Cup sticker album offered at Hansons
03 April 2025A completed copy of a 1970 World Cup Panini sticker album will appear at Hansons on April 10.
Virgil Finlay sci-fi illustration makes 16 times estimate
02 April 2025A pen and ink signed illustration by American pulp fiction illustrator Virgil Finlay (1914-1971) made 16 times its estimate at Gildings on March 25.
World’s first commercial typewriter hits six figures at auction
27 March 2025Rasmus Malling-Hansen designed the pincushion-like device in 1865 to help deaf students "speak with their fingers" – this example more than doubled its low estimate in Cologne
First Chinese version of bible makes over 60 times estimate at Bonhams
25 March 2025The book was consigned by Oxfam in a timed sale at the London auction house
JPR Williams shirt from rugby classic on offer
24 March 2025A memento from one of the most famous rugby union matches of all time - the Barbarians v New Zealand in 1973 - will go under the hammer at Rogers Jones on April 10.
Top billing: Major movie poster collection heads to Heritage Auctions
21 March 2025Poster collector Dwight Cleveland’s rare collection spans more than 100 years of film – the best of them will be offered at Heritage Auctions
Sotheby’s to auction screen-used E.T. model
21 March 2025Three E.T. models were used in the 1982 science fiction classic – one of them will appear at Sotheby’s in New York with a $600,000-900,000 estimate
William the Conqueror coin gets one over Harold at auction
20 March 2025The two foes met again – this time at an auction at Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s in London
Just like that, Tommy Cooper’s ‘last fez’ sells at auction
19 March 2025Tommy Cooper’s (1921-1984) ‘last fez’ appeared at Hansons in Woburn, Bedfordshire, doubling its estimate to fetch £7000 (plus 26.5% buyer’s premium).
JPR Williams’ rugby shirt collection offered at Rogers Jones
18 March 2025A memento from one of the most famous rugby union matches of all time: the Barbarians versus New Zealand in 1973 will go under the hammer at Rogers Jones on April 10.
Bidder shells out for one-in-a-billion spherical egg
18 March 2025The egg had bidders scrambling for ownership at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood in Exeter
‘Serpentine’ bicycle shakes up the saleroom
17 March 2025The velocipede is considered the direct forerunner to the modern bicycle, especially a series of French examples produced with pedals, cranks and handlebars in the 1850s-60s.
Leica auction offering looks like a possible world record for a camera
17 March 2025A prototype for the first mass-produced Leica could break the record as the most expensive camera ever sold at auction.
Chinese history lessons courtesy of British observers
17 March 2025The historic but compact English city of Lichfield and historic photographic views of China are not an immediately obvious fit but two auction houses made the connection recently.