Latest News Articles by Dom Walbanke
Babe Ruth’s ‘called shot’ New York Yankees jersey sets record for any sporting collectable
28 August 2024The 1932 World Series jersey sold at Heritage Auctions for $24.1m, setting a new high for any piece of sporting memorabilia
Would you believe it? Rare Billy Nicholls LP appears at auction
27 August 2024'Would You Believe' was geared up to be Britain’s response to 'Pet Sounds' by The Beach Boys but was instead shelved
Unpublished Muhammad Ali photographs and film to be auctioned in Wiltshire
22 August 2024A series of unpublished photographs and film reel of Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) for a 1971 advert for a non-alcoholic beverage will be offered at RWB Auctions on September 11.
Hats off to Indiana Jones after famous fedora makes $500,000
21 August 2024The famous hat was one of many props from blockbuster films to appear at Propstore’s August auction
Air hostess' autographs collected onboard Concorde take off at auction
20 August 2024Concorde’s capability to fly at twice the speed of sound and travel from London to New York in three hours attracted the rich and famous of the time.
Single-owner offering of Clarice Cliff on offer
19 August 2024A Football pattern hexagonal vase was among the highlights at the sale of a single-owner Clarice Cliff collection sale at Anderson & Garland (25% buyer’s premium).
Autographs collected on board Concorde head to auction
14 August 2024Autographs collected aboard Concorde by an air hostess will go up for sale at Hansons in Derbyshire on August 20.
John Lennon glasses - bought via phone bid, not telepathy
12 August 2024A pair of blue-tinted glasses gifted by John Lennon to an Abbey Road Studios visitor sold to illusionist and magician Uri Geller for £40,000 (plus 23% buyer’s premium) via Catherine Southon’s auction on July 31.
New Bonhams global CEO among latest movers and shakers
08 August 2024The latest jobs news across the world of art and antiques
John Lennon's blue-tinted glasses bought by Uri Geller at Catherine Southon auction
07 August 2024The glasses will now be displayed in the Uri Geller Museum in Tel Aviv
Scotland’s Abernethy pearl to be offered at auction
06 August 2024Pearl found by Scotland’s last freshwater pearl fisherman to appear at Edinburgh’s Lyon & Turnbull
Mahatma Gandhi writes to his ‘soulmate’ Hermann
05 August 2024Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) epitomised the power of words and, on June 25, that is what bidders had the chance to own in the form of those penned by the political and spiritual leader himself in a letter to his friend, South African architect Hermann Kallenbach (1871-1945).
Watch and jewellery company boss takes over as Bonhams’ new global CEO
05 August 2024Bonhams has announced Chabi Nouri as its new global CEO, with the Swiss national taking up the position in October 2024.
Winterton 160th anniversary celebration also acted as surprise to mark 50 years’ service
05 August 2024Richard Winterton Auctioneers celebrated not one but two milestones, as head of accounts Sue French clocked up 50 years of service and the firm reached 160 years in the trade.
It was nearly Napoleon Blownapart: pistols he once ‘intended to use on himself’ sell in French auction
05 August 2024A pair of pistols Napoleon Bonaparte supposedly intended to use on himself after defeat sold for €1.69m (£1.4m) including buyer’s premium at auction house Osenat in Fontainebleau, France.
First UK issue of Fantastic Four makes four figures at auction
02 August 2024A 1961 first UK issue of Fantastic Four sold for £6500 (plus 24% buyer’s premium) at Gildings Auctioneers on August 1.
Bonhams appoints Chabi Nouri as new global CEO
01 August 2024Chabi Nouri joins from Swiss bank taking over from Bruno Vinciguerra at the international auction house
Hansons auction house aims to tackle growing football market
01 August 2024New auction enterprise will specialise selling football memorabilia such as shirts, medals and programmes
Artefacts recovered and arrests made in Interpol art trafficking operation
30 July 2024An Interpol operation has recovered more than 6400 objects and made 85 arrests across Europe
Huge group of Hollywood movie props expected to raise over $10m at Propstore's auction
30 July 2024Props from Indiana Jones, Star Wars and The Godfather all to feature at auction in the US