Collectables

The maps of 19th century cartographer, mapmaker and publisher John Tallis are described on the website of antiquarian map dealership Tooley Adams, a firm set up in 1982 selling original worldwide printed maps from the 15th to the 19th centuries, as “the last of the lavishly decorated and ornamental maps, considered to be works of art as well as geographically accurate”.

The auction titled The Collection of a Florida Bibliophile held at Doyle (28% buyer’s premium) included a collection of 18th century peepshows and an original oak viewing box.

Film scholars have described Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon as “the greatest movie never made”.

Toy specialist Lankes (25% buyer’s premium) in the small Bavarian town of Döhlau could harvest a bumper crop of good results during its sale of July 20-24.

Lots from the extraordinary collection constructed by the McAlpines come to auction in Berkshire

A rare Edwardian silver and enamel cigarette case was the unexpected highlight of a timed online sale held by Bushey Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) in Hertfordshire.

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

Sale of 14th amendment document from 1867 coincides with Supreme Court case, happily for vendor

Ardingly warfest returns with re-enactors and militaria dealers as well as an ‘unforgettable finale’

The prosaic description ‘flute stopper’ hardly does justice to the function and ritual importance of the carved wooden artefact sold by Lempertz (27% buyer’s premium).

Two late 17th century recipe books sold for a surprise £15,000 (estimate £400-600) at Dawsons (27.5% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead on August 26.

When it was introduced to the public in 1956 by the electronics company Braun, the compact stereo system Phonosuper was a spectacular design innovation.

According to a typewritten record, this brass cap for a 19-gallon fuel tank was retrieved directly from the crash site of John Alcock and Arthur Brown’s Vickers Vimy biplane in Clifden, County Galway.