Latest News Articles by Tom Derbyshire
A Doulton Lambeth ceramic and a Victorian cake stand are among six lots to watch
07 November 2022With estimates from £200-3500, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Previews: issue 2567
07 November 2022A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Cap owned by a real SAS 'rogue hero' takes £16,000 at Kent auction
03 November 2022The SAS has never been short of eager collectors wanting to splash out for militaria connected with the British special forces unit.
UK buyer sought for record breaking RAF Victoria Cross medal
01 November 2022An export block has been issued on a Victoria Cross medal in the hope a UK buyer will emerge.
Aberdeen slipware and an Art Deco brooch are among four lots to watch
31 October 2022With estimates from £300-50,000 here are four previews of upcoming items.
Medals and militaria: The Grimsby exiles
31 October 2022Despite their sterling service with the Allies, a large number of Polish soldiers could not return home when the fighting ended, as a fascinating archive reveals.
More than 300 uniforms on offer in single-owner collection
31 October 2022Stroud Auction Rooms’ sale on November 9-10 will feature over 1000 lots of guns, weapons, medals and militaria, including two notable collections.
Family naval group includes £28,000 medal
31 October 2022A group of father-and-son lots related to the Royal Navy may have been small in size but revealed a combined service in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars that was lengthy.
RAF: elite Path Finders lead a look at the market
31 October 2022Air Commander J Searby had a key role to play in the Peenemunde Raid targeting the V weapons factory during the night of the August 17-18, 1943, as part of the RAF’s elite Path Finder Force.
Falklands appeal fuels £82,000 bid
31 October 2022Relatively few gallantry medals available for what was short self-contained conflict, heroic stories involving highly collectable regiments, a relatively morally unambiguous backstory (for British collectors at least)… the Falklands War can generate high demand at auction.
Previews: issue 2566
31 October 2022A selection of 12 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Korean Military Medal won alongside a VC hero
31 October 2022When Bill Speakman won his Victoria Cross on November 4, 1951, fighting beside him was Corporal John Pender.
Mug shots reveal a conspiracy theory
31 October 2022A police ledger sold more than triple its top estimate featured original mug shots and criminal records relating to 500 people including a woman accused of plotting to kill Prime Minister David Lloyd George in 1917.
Attackers under the sea and above the waves
31 October 2022In 1888, in response to a tender issued by the War Office, Prof Archibald Barr and Dr William Stroud submitted an application for an optical range-finder patent to the Patents Office.
Focus on microscope taken on Captain Cook’s first Voyage of Discovery
24 October 2022A microscope used by Joseph Banks (1743-1820) on Captain Cook’s first Voyage of Discovery (1768-71) is going under the hammer estimated at £30,000-50,000 on November 1.
David Hockney printed works are among five lots to watch
24 October 2022With estimates from £1000-25,000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Previews: issue 2564
17 October 2022A selection of 12 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
War dog Rob's 'animal VC' Dickin Medal sells for record £140,000 in London auction
13 October 2022A ‘Victoria Cross’ for animals awarded to Rob, a black-and-white collie-retriever who served with paratroops and the SAS, has sold for a world record £140,000 at auction.
Previews: issue 2563
10 October 2022A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.