Collectables

Zulu was a very alert poodle. The plucky pooch averted disaster by barking to draw attention at an early stage to a fire which had broken out in his Glasgow home on December 26, 1897.

Generally considered to be the first English bible, the ‘Matthew’s Version’ or ‘Matthew’s Bible’ was brought out under the superintendence of John Rogers (c.1500-55) and joins together the works of William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

American comic fans may have seen Superman’s debut in print but the superhero’s first flight came up in a British publication.

Last year the Ephemera Society celebrated 50 years of holding its fairs, run for many of the biannual events by the long-running former chair, Valerie Jackson-Harris.

High footfall and strong sales make for another successful edition of the annual event The Northern Antiques Fair

The popularity of BBC’s award-winning Gone Fishing, Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse’s long-running TV show in which the amiable comedians talk angling and friendship, is part of a wider media focus on angling and its many benefits.

An early wooden coffee grinder is among the items on offer at The Harrogate Decorative, Antiques and Fine Art Fair.

A group of novelty Victorian and Edwardian walking sticks owned by the Czilinskys, the London family of specialist carvers, was a sell-out at Ewbank’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Surrey.

The Cybis company, founded in 1940 in Astoria, New York, by Boleslaw Cybis (1895-1957) and his wife Marja (1905-58) produced porcelain figures for almost 80 years before it closed in 2019. Among its best-known models is a chess set.

The Victoria and Albert Museum has acquired a rare c.1910 Suffragette Christmas card after it was donated by WeBuyVintage.

Chorley’s (25% buyer’s premium) first dedicated Islamic & Indian sale section was based around a single consignment: an East India Company (EIC) archive that came by direct descent from Sir Charles William Rouse Boughton (1747-1821).

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Leeds-born, and now Cambridge-based, WeBuyVintage holds roadshow events to value vintage and collectable items for the general public and buys items to sell on.