Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
Previews: issue 2521
06 December 2021A selection of 23 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Shock result for the silver badge of courage
29 November 2021A silver war badge issued to Lance-Corporal Harold Sandford Mugford of the Machine Gun Corps was a surprise highlight of a Gloucestershire sale.
Hefty price for medals won by footballer ‘Fanny’
29 November 2021If you ever encounter the pub quiz question ‘who is the smallest footballer ever to represent England at a senior level’ just remember an FA Cup winner’s medal sold at sporting specialist auction house Knights (20% buyer’s premium).
Elizabethan sovereigns fit into white glove
29 November 2021A single-owner collection of 33 sovereigns from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I generated a white-glove result at London auction house Dix Noonan Webb (24% buyer’s premium).
Record price for an IKEA item... made before its flat-pack fame
22 November 2021A world away from the flat-pack furniture so familiar today, a Mid-century armchair has sold for what is believed to be a record price for IKEA.
Previews: issue 2519
22 November 2021A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Dealer finds there is no cure for his art habit
22 November 2021“Dealing in art is not just a hobby but also a disease which is very hard to throw off,” says dealer Malcolm Innes.
A Russian silver vase by Fabergé and a Clarice Cliff bowl are among five lots to watch
15 November 2021With estimates from £100-4000 here are five previews of upcoming items.
Previews: issue 2518
15 November 2021A selection of 22 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Handy if you have pressing concerns
08 November 2021If you wanted to keep the strings of a tennis racket taut, you could do with a tennis racket press – a device consisting of a frame closed by a spring mechanism.
Football lots in Sheffield and Chippenham keep with the programme
08 November 2021Before match programmes grew into the glossy mini-magazines of today they were relatively simple affairs – most just a single sheet printed on both sides.
Stan Anderson’s unusual hat-trick
08 November 2021Stan Anderson (1934-2018) was a north-eastern football stalwart playing as captain for a hat-trick of local clubs.
Cycling gears up at auction
08 November 2021A group of “rare and interesting” 20th century cycling ephemera relating primarily to the Olympic Games offered by Catherine Southon (20% buyer’s premium) came from the collection of cycling journalist David Taylor (1937-2020).
Silver salute to the great Sir Stanley Matthews sold by dealer
08 November 2021A silver tea service presented to Sir Stanley Matthews (1915-2000) to mark his record England cap has been sold by a Hampshire dealer.
Never on a pitch, but Best and Beckham meet in the saleroom
08 November 2021Derbyshire auction house Hansons (25% buyer’s premium) sold memorabilia this summer worn by two Manchester United favourites of different eras: George Best and David Beckham.
England cap won by later World Cup-winning boss
08 November 2021An England blue velvet and silver braid cap awarded to Sir Alfred Ramsey sold for a mid-estimate £3400 at Lacy Scott & Knight (22.5% buyer’s premium) in Bury St Edmunds.
Sporting memorabilia: Dealer keeps boxing clever to add to collection
08 November 2021A painting of a pugilist will now be researched by the dealer who bought it at auction thanks to his collecting fascination with the early days of the sport
Pottery packing a punch
08 November 2021A pair of early 19th century Staffordshire pearlware figures modelled after bare-knuckle boxers Tom Cribb and Tom Molineaux who fought for a ‘world title’ of sorts is estimated at £3000-5000 in Tennants’ Autumn Fine Sale on November 13 in Leyburn.
Third Lanark remembered at McTear’s auction
08 November 2021Not all football memorabilia has to be Manchester United or early FA Cup, say, to catch the eye of buyers.