Collectables

Firm local to The Traitors’ castle HQ says extra tourists help drive sales

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Two bones from the foot of a dodo, the huge flightless bird that went extinct in the Dutch colony of Mauritius c.1690, were offered in Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) most recent Out of the Ordinary sale.

The descendants of a Boer War soldier succeeded in buying a rare medal group at Kinghams (26% buyer’s premium) in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, returning the awards to family ownership for the first time in 100 years.

A Victoria Cross that was awarded posthumously to a member of the Manchester Regiment who is buried in the same row as war poet Wilfred Owen is coming to auction in London.

Presumably planned purchases rather than on the hoof, three unusual equine relics of the Battle of Waterloo appeared in separate salerooms within the same month.

Scottish book dealership Carter Rare Books has sold a collection of nearly 30 Japanese manga valued at around £100,000.

Lots of Americans wanted to fight Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Those too young could put a coin in the Poison this Rat trade simulator.

Towards the end of his reign, Henry VIII, the devout Catholic who had created the Church of England, was attempting to put the Protestantism he had unleashed back in its box.

Recent auctions in this market suggest decent demand with plenty of highlights from two periods in particular

Group of first editions with a range of desirable extras comes fresh to market by family descent

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

An attractive archive offered by Lymington Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) on July 9 included medals and ephemera relating to the Lawrence family.

The highlight of the sale of British and Continental Ceramics and Glass at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes on September 23 was this exceptional south Staffordshire enamel and gilt metal snuff box, c.1765-70.

Andy Bastow has recently retired from a career in the world of insurance – so he now has more time for his hobby of collecting playing cards, alongside decorating his new Georgian Lincolnshire home where he lives with his wife Jackie. Here he tells ATG about his collection

The first lot offered in Potter & Potter’s (20% buyer’s premium) auction in Chicago on September 10 was a 1939 first edition, first printing of 'Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism'.

A Georgian gold coin that was found aboard HMS Victory among Nelson’s personal possessions fetched £30,000 – three times the top estimate – at Noonans (24% buyer’s premium) in Mayfair.

Antiquarian bookdealer Lester Capon, 75, lives in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, with his partner Meg. He has always had a passion for books, starting with bookselling in retail, before embarking on a bookbinding career spanning six decades.

A collection of Second World War National Savings posters came for sale at Sworders’ (27/25/20% buyer’s premium) Open House timed online sale that ended on September 7.