Latest News Articles by Dom Walbanke
Gander & White preps for Beaujolais Nouveau Day
14 October 2024Gander & White is looking ahead to Beaujolais Nouveau Day in November.
Packing and shipping: Meeting the challenges
14 October 2024Brexit, global conflicts and climate change have served shipping companies with a series of tricky problems. ATG reports on how they are adapting
Unusual art and antique items tackled by delivery firms
14 October 2024ATG asked three shippers what was the most unusual items they were asked to transport
Machiavelli’s wicked work of ‘poyson’ emerges in Essex sale
14 October 2024First English edition of 'The Prince' was published more than a century after the Italian original appeared
Antiquities from estate of Philip Hewat-Jaboor lead Roseberys auction
11 October 2024Philip Hewat-Jaboor (1953-2022) was the chairman of Masterpiece Art Fair and amassed a significant antiquities collection at his Jersey home.
Lock of 'Napoleon’s hair' appears at auction
11 October 2024A locket purportedly containing a lock of Napoleon’s hair was offered at Gorringe’s in Lewes on October 8.
Collection of Louis Wain sketches make five figures at Parker Fine Art Auctions
09 October 2024Christmas came early for one Louis Wain vendor as drawing of cats shopping for turkey fetched a five-figure sum in Surrey sale
Frankie Dettori bronze stolen in smash and grab from Haynes Fine Art
08 October 2024A Frankie Dettori bronze made to mark the jockey’s retirement from racing has been stolen from Haynes Fine Art in Pimlico Road, London.
First Rolex worn on the moon appears at auction
08 October 2024The Rolex GMT-Master worn by the sixth man to walk on the moon, Edgar Mitchell, is being offered at a sale in the US
Music to vendor’s ears as Francois Nicole box doubles estimate at auction
03 October 2024A rare example from a pioneer of modern musical boxes came for sale at Lawrences of Crewkerne
EH Shepard Wind in the Willows illustration among Forum Auctions sale highlights
02 October 2024A selection of important British works were on offer at Forum Auctions, including these four highlights that hammered over estimate
Shirt worn by first black player to play for England Viv Anderson goes to auction
27 September 2024Viv Anderson made his historic debut in 1978 against Czechoslovakia. Now the shirt he wore that day heads to Graham Budd Auctions
First English edition of The Prince doubles estimate in Essex
26 September 2024A rare copy of the first English edition of Niccolo Machiavelli’s seminal 1532 book 'The Prince' was snapped up at an auction in Colchester.
Important Assyrian artefact returned to Iraq after being held in UK for 22 years
25 September 2024An ancient Assyrian artefact stolen from an archaeological site in Iraq in the early 1990s has been returned to the country after being stored for an extended period by the Metropolitan Police in London.
Trevillion's 'favoured' sketch of Churchill emerges at Hansons
24 September 2024A Winston Churchill (1874-1965) portrait personally signed by the former prime minister heads to Hansons on November 20.
Boxing prints power their way beyond estimates
23 September 2024On a wintry February day in 1789 in a field on the outskirts of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, a fight between Irishman Michael Ryan and English champion Thomas Johnson was heating up.
Medal awarded to sergeant who freed fellow gunner when bailing among lots at Baldwin’s
21 September 2024Air gunner Sergeant Derrick John Allen was returning from an operation to Dusseldorf when his Lancaster was attacked several times – forcing the crew to bail.
Christie’s expands to Middle East with presence in Saudi Arabia
20 September 2024Christie’s becomes the first international auction house to secure a presence in the Gulf state and appoints managing director in the kingdom.
Trevor Francis collection heads to auction
19 September 2024Britain’s first million-pound player won two European Cups under Brian Clough as part of a sparkling footballing career – now his personal collection heads to auction
Cigarette card lights up Reading auction
30 August 2024A c.1912 cigarette card showing baseball pitcher Rube Marquard was given a ballpark estimate of £300-500 at Loddon Auctions.