Collectables

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions available via thesaleroom.com

The art of the Samurai comes to Essex firm Sworders on November 2.

Korean businessman Dr Hahn Kwang-ho CBE (1923-2014) was a well-known philanthropist and collector

This halfpenny featuring a ‘wild man’s head’ from northern Japan actually promotes a rather less fiercesome individual: Richard Summer, a perfumer and dealer in curiosities in Cavendish Street, London.

Carvings of animals by a former Fabergé carver are to be auctioned at Bamfords next month.

All that David Bennett asks is that you don’t call him a ‘leg’ man.

This kitschy Beatles table lamp discovered in a house clearance sold for an impressive £950 (estimate £100-150) on September 14.

I own this rather macabre looking carte de visite, and wondered if ATG readers would enjoy the challenge of identifying its subject in the run-up to Halloween.

Agatha Christie and Evelyn Waugh records beaten as collection of a Rolling Stone comes to auction

Wassailing ceremonies on important feast days were a legacy of Anglo-Saxon culture.

Cecil Aldin (1870-1935) was best known for his portraits of dogs and other animals, but romanticised village and hunting scenes were also very popular.

Beautiful watercolours by children’s book author and illustrator come to auction in studio sale

Lighter Club of Great Britain holds fair open to both members and non-members

Two previously unrecorded swords from the Tiger of Mysore are among the stand-out lots on offer in upcoming auctions and from dealers

Our regular listing of books and works on paper auctions held via thesaleroom.com

Among the highlights at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) is a first edition of a 19th century German children’s book.

A wistful and chatty letter from Charlotte Brontë to her editor William S Williams sold for $65,000 (£47,450) in California on September 7.

Relic belonging to French military hero sells in Versailles, with one of Napoleon’s bicorn hats still to come

Grey rather than green for his debut, the Incredible Hulk made his first appearance in 1962 and continues to enthral comic collectors.

In its latest catalogue, 'Networks of Knowledge', Peter Harrington Rare Books features one of the first pictures produced by a Jacquard loom.