Collectables
The term ‘collectables’ (or collectibles) encompasses a vast range of items in fields as diverse as arms, armour and militaria, bank notes, cameras, coins, entertainment and sporting memorabilia, stamps, taxidermy, wines and writing equipment.
Some collectables are antiques, others are classed as retro, vintage or curios but all are of value to the collector. In any of these fields, buyers seek out rarities and items with specific associations.

Steinway grand piano in high demand at Sting’s £3m Christie’s sale
29 February 2016A Steinway grand piano sold for a double-estimate £95,000 on February 24 when Christie’s King Street held a £3m, 146-lot sale of items from the former Queen Anne’s Gate home of musician Sting and his wife Trudie Styler.
Reward offered for deciphering coins
22 February 2016According to various press reports, authorities in the province of Hunan in China are offering 10,000 yuan (£1000) to anyone who can decipher the inscriptions on the back of six gold coins from ancient India.

An expensive kittens’ wedding at $100,000
18 February 2016Two of the best-known anthropomorphic creations of the celebrated Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter (1835-1918) resurfaced at Treadway Toomey in Oak Park, near Chicago, Illinois, on February 6.
1957 Ferrari sells for $50 million
15 February 2016A 1957 Ferrari 355 S Scaglietti sold at the Artcurial Motorcars auction for €32.1m (£24.7m) with premium to an international collector after “a tense, 11-minute bidding battle”.
Bay Psalm book sold for $221,000
15 February 2016A previously unknown seventh edition of the Bay Psalm Book, published in Boston, 1693, with a provenance tied to Salem witch trial judge Jonathan Corwin and descendants of John Proctor, sold for $221,000 (£151,584) at a Swann sale in New York on February 4.

Diggelmann doubles auction high for a ski poster
03 February 2016A new auction high for a ski poster was established at Christie’s South Kensington’s annual Ski sale, held on January 21, when this 1934 colour lithograph advertising the attractions of the Swiss resort of Gstaad sold for £62,000 (plus premium).

'Trafalgar' flag probably flown by Royal Yacht
20 January 2016Information has come to light proving that a newly-discovered flag due to sell at auction in March was not that flown from HMS Leviathan at the Battle of Trafalgar. It has since been withdrawn from sale.

Monkey business – Swiss museum buys automaton at Bristol auction
19 January 2016A museum in Switzerland has acquired this extraordinary monkey band automaton at an online-only auction conducted by East Bristol Auctions, in Hanham, Bristol.
Commission suggest legal definition for ‘antique’ firearms
23 December 2015The Law Commission, the independent body which reviews laws in England and Wales, have recommended to the government that the term ‘antique firearm’ be defined in statute for the first time.

A third Union flag flown at Trafalgar?
17 December 2015A Union flag, by repute flown by one of Nelson’s warships at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, carries an estimate of £30,000-50,000 at sporting gun specialists Holt’s on March 17.

Narwhal tusk returned by Border Force
08 December 2015An antique narwhal tusk that faced destruction following a dispute over paperwork has been returned to its owner after a judge ruled its confiscation by customs had been “unreasonable”.

Royal Institution to sell ‘non-core’ items
28 October 2015Scientific, medical and natural history books from the library of the Royal Institution are to be sold at Christie’s on December 1.

Icon of gold box collecting surfaces after 88 years
23 October 2015Dreweatts are to offer 14 boxes from an important American collection of 18th and 19th century European gold boxes as part of a December 3 sale titled Iconic Jewels & Treasures.

First Apple on the auction block
22 October 2015An Apple-1, the technology that heralded a revolution in home computing when it was launched as Apple’s first product in 1976, is for sale via Christie’s online.

Signature of Button Gwinnett, the forgotten man who signed the Declaration of Independence, emerges at Shropshire auction
16 October 2015“Button who?” When Shropshire documents consultant Ben Jones was told that an American client was considering selling the clipped signature of Button Gwinnett he reached for the search engine.

All Blacks jersey sets world record for a rugby shirt
13 October 2015Lot number one in Rogers Jones’ latest sale provided both a world record result and a house record for the Welsh auctioneers.

Ascot Cup shines at Felix Dennis collection sale
05 October 2015The 1864 Ascot Cup, an impressive Victorian silver racing trophy by Garrard, led proceedings at the three-day sale of the Felix Dennis (1947-2014) collection. It sold at £67,000.

Grand Tour model brings corking result
02 October 2015A Grand Tour cork model of the Temple of Zeus at Paestum has sold for £44,000 at Hampstead Auctions in north London.

Pioneering Aborigine sportsmen who toured with cricket bats as well as boomerangs
01 October 2015An embossed brass belt buckle discovered in the back garden of an old English cottage is a reminder that the very first Australian side to tour England was one made up entirely of Aborigines.

Pelham collection pulls all the right strings in Derby
30 September 2015Bimbo The Giant Clown was the beaming white face of Pelham Puppets for decades.

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