Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Star Wars rarities… but in bulk
13 February 2023Large collection of action figures offers multiple examples of hitherto scarce models to test the market
Manchester United match programme for European Cup final replay never even played makes £7500
09 February 2023High sums can be paid for football programmes that were produced but never issued as with an unneeded example for the Red Devils' 1968 triumph.
A scrimshaw flask with an intriguing inscription is among five lots to watch
06 February 2023With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Archive reveals UK election shenanigans, 1826 style
06 February 2023Lot sold for multiple-estimate sum in Cumbrian sale relates to a notorious election in Northumberland
Previews: issue 2579
06 February 2023A selection of 13 upcoming lots available at UK and Irish auctions.
‘We want to put militaria first’ in the US say UK auction house
30 January 2023Kent auction house C&T has set up a US operation for militaria consignments.
A Lalique Escargot vase is among five lots to watch
30 January 2023With estimates from £500, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
The key to value when it comes to selling Waterloo Medals
30 January 2023With 39,000 of these campaign honours given out, which ones can generate extra demand and achieve higher prices?
Titanic survivor was luckier serving on land in wartime
30 January 2023The personal stories behind medals are becoming increasingly relevant to collectors.
Rare gold medal awarded to one of Nelson's Band of Brothers takes six-figure sum at auction
30 January 2023Vice Admiral Davidge Gould was the last surviving member of Nelson’s Band of Brothers, dying in 1847
Medal collectors increasingly keen on extras
30 January 2023In its earliest days flying was frequently lethal, in and out of combat.
Timely reminder of horses at war
30 January 2023By the end of the First World War it has been estimated that over eight million horses had died.
Saleroom’s very local hero from just down the road
30 January 2023Medals awarded to a gallant soldier who was gassed in the First World War were sold at auction just a few minutes’ walk from the house where he was born.
A 1920s Cotswolds dresser is among five lots to watch this week
23 January 2023With estimates from £120, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Previews: issue 2577
23 January 2023A selection of 13 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK
Clive Barker: a sculptor who took a hard look at the Swinging Sixties
23 January 2023In August and September 2021 London gallery Whitford Fine Art held an exhibition titled Sand Casts devoted to a British pop artist prominent in the Swinging Sixties who had renewed his successful career in the Nineties.
Bidders target ‘exceptionally rare’ gun by an innovative provincial maker
23 January 2023While London gun-makers featured heavily – and lucratively – at Gavin Gardiner’s (25% buyer’s premium) auction of Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns on December 14, provincial makers also got a look in.
The greatest hits of arms and armour collector Elvis
23 January 2023Birmingham-born Roy Elvis (1944- 2022) inherited his family interest in antiques and started collecting furniture and decorative arts from an early age.
Pluck of the Irish
23 January 2023A pair of militaria highlights related to Irish regiments that came up in recent auctions.