Latest News Articles by Richard Fattorini
Turing and Bayley in tandem as scientific archive comes to the saleroom
18 December 2023Newly discovered papers show how renowned mathematician and his collaborator worked hand in hand
T Kimball Brooker delights span eight sales
27 November 2023Dispersal of renowned collection launches with the first auctions including Aldine ‘crown jewels’
Bidders make beeline for Beeleigh
20 November 2023Wide-ranging items from Christopher Foyle of bookshop fame generate a white-glove sale in Gloucestershire
More travels courtesy of Bobins
06 November 2023German artists take many of the top spots as another colourful selection comes to the saleroom
Charlie Watts sale drums up top bids for super first editions
23 October 2023Agatha Christie and Evelyn Waugh records beaten as collection of a Rolling Stone comes to auction
Take a tour to the Lakes and Devon
02 October 2023Travel journals that appeared at auction date from a time when British leisure travel was in its infancy
A 17th century rarity: unrecorded book emerges at Sussex auction
02 October 2023An unrecorded 17th century printed book took £8800 hammer at a West Sussex sale.
Harry Potter work wins joint prize price
02 October 2023Boy wizard Harry Potter was up against prize fighter Daniel Mendoza for the top spot at Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium).
How society folk lined up to sign a visitors’ book
18 September 2023Almost 120 years ago at 13 Bruton Street an estimated 10,000 visitors were drawn to an exhibition that caught the public attention and attracted record queues.
Mystery manuscript identified at Cornish auction
18 September 2023One of two texts in a single volume revealed after eager bidding to be by Hungarian Jesuit
The colourful world of Norman Bobins
28 August 2023Latest slice of a ‘magnificent library’ that covered the development of book illustrations