Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Photographica: Double visions – stereoscopes
24 July 2023An early version of virtual reality, the Victorian craze of stereoscopes is firmly in focus this summer
Sir Brian May: one vision
24 July 2023Denis Pellerin, co-curator of the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy (BMAS) and co-curator of the upcoming Watts Gallery exhibition, tells ATG about the collection
Kreem of the Truro collection
24 July 2023A Cornish saleroom offered over 300 enamel signs, advertising memorabilia, pump globes, vehicle mascots and collectables from a single-owner collection.
A sip that gave magical power
24 July 2023This form of drinking vessel, with handles and lobed edges to the top of the bowl, would have been passed around the table.
From chocolate and tea to tyres and petrol: a promotional selection of results
24 July 2023Recent advertising highlights from UK sales and an Italian auction
US photos vendor strikes gold with westward expansion
24 July 2023Rather than the rich and famous it was this photograph of three haggard workers that caught the eye in a Cincinnati saleroom.
Stereoscopic viewer perfect for a sales drive
24 July 2023Looking more like a sale brochure when unopened, the embossed front cover shown below in fact conceals a rare 1906 stereoscopic viewer.
Huge archive of slides takes 40 times the top estimate
24 July 2023Anyone sitting through a slideshow of images from an extraordinary photograph collection of Indian, south-east Asian, and Middle Eastern subjects sold in a US auction could be there for a long time.
Look at the big picture thanks to huge Leica dummy sales models
24 July 2023Leica cameras of rather different dimensions to normal clicked into action at Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium).
Your photo calling card: the carte de visite craze
24 July 2023Just as stereoscope images became a Victorian collecting craze, another notable photographic fad of the era was the carte de visite
Viking artefacts found in a field are among five lots to watch
17 July 2023With estimates from £1000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Preview: a work presented by Dickens to his Latin tutor
17 July 2023Shown here is a copy in Latin of the 'Quirtii Horatii Flacci' opera, 1823, presented by Charles Dickens to his Latin tutor Richard Shiers (mentioned in a book titled 'The Life of Charles Dickens', p45).
A Fabergé magnifying glass is among five lots to watch
10 July 2023With estimates from £300, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Hergé’s gift to Mr Ward
10 July 2023Tintin creator Hergé (1907-33) must have taken a shine to a Mr TL Ward, judging by a lot sold at an East Yorkshire auction.
The world in your pocket: almanacs in focus
10 July 2023Almanacs became hugely popular as printing made them widely accessible
An Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet artefact is among six lots to watch
03 July 2023With estimates from £2000, here are six previews of upcoming items.
All my world’s a stage – author Ned Boulting on his Tour de France book inspired by an auction buy
03 July 2023A chance purchase at auction during lockdown inspired a whole book on a single day of the Tour de France 100 years ago