Collectables

While Alan Turing has for some time now quite rightly received credit for his work at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, the contributions of the women who worked there can still be overlooked.

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Nuremburg Chronicle, Chaucer and a work on witchcraft are among the highlights in Co Offaly saleroom

Venue refurbishment made 2025 a tricky period but the book events are steaming ahead

In 1872 PT Barnum’s ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ became the first circus to travel by rail. It took 65 specially made wagons to haul the production from city to city.

Elwin de Wolf, based in the Netherlands, has been collecting silver enamel boxes for around 20 years.

Probably given to Private William George Loveland by his wife, this ‘Soldier Bear’ was taken to France and back during the First World War.

Late 19th century French or Swiss singing bird boxes are regular auction visitors. Double bird boxes are a much rarer breed.

London dealer Kirill Kalinin of AntikBar has launched a vintage poster symposium in New York City.

While nowhere near the level of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s work, later versions are still big sellers

Four lots once belonging to British army officer, author and artist – and fascist sympathiser – Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Seton Hutchison (1890-1946) went under the hammer at Special Auction Services (20% buyer’s premium) in Newbury.

Alexander Anapolsky, co-owner of Akiba Galleries (28% buyer’s premium) in Dania Beach, Florida, described an Indonesian or Malaysian kris found in a New York City estate as a compelling object with great presence.

Sustained scrap silver prices of more than £30 an ounce have sent large quantities of middle-of-the-road Georgian and Victorian domestic silver to the melting pot. Today, to sell well above the bullion price, it helps if silver comes with a strong narrative. ATG reports on a few great storytellers.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the highest-ever-graded copy of Superman No 1 from 1939 setting a new record.

Irish silver pocket corkscrews from the Georgian period are not common.

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