Collectables

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The best of nine snuff mulls consigned by a titled long-standing client to Minster Auctions (16% buyer’s premium) was a treen example carved as a ram’s head with glass eyes.

Famous 17th century version by George Chapman translates into five figures

The Exceptional Sale at Christie’s included a complete copy of a celebrated suite of engravings that were printed in France for the Qing emperor Qianlong.

The name Steve Ditko (1927-2018) scarcely needs an introduction to comic collectors.

Aaron Kasmin, a British artist, became fascinated by US feature matchbooks.

Memories of Volvo estates flooded in to ATG after news that the model would no longer be sold in the UK (see ATG No 2605).

A single-lot auction conducted by the sealed bids process has set a record for a transfer printed pot lid.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an Edward VIII halfcrown that was never issued being offered at Noonans.

A postcard carried on the world’s first official airmail flight came up for auction in Staffordshire.

Antiques furniture dealer Philip Crosthwaite’s popular monthly antiques fair in Norwich will feature Richard Goddard, who sells antique vintage tools for a worthy social cause.

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A fine example of Viking metalworking was offered at Noonans (24% buyer’s premium) in Mayfair on July 18.

Account of the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb comes as rare set with dust jackets intact

From late 1940 to early 1941 André Breton and a group of other Surrealists including Wifredo Lam, Max Ernst, Oscar Dominguez, Victor Brauner, André Masson and Frédéric Delanglade re-located to Marseille where they anxiously awaited visas to escape occupied France.

Firmly in the British jingoistic ‘boy’s own’ tradition, a collection of Commando comic books turned heads when offered at Stourbridge saleroom Fieldings last year (see ATG No 2556).

The ivory-made launching mallet and silver casket from the ill-fated RMS Empress of Ireland came for sale at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow.

The Vinyl Cape Jawa was the first Star Wars action figure to assume mythic status among collectors.

A fine Oscar Wilde letter sold for £16,000 at Dawsons (25% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead on June 29.

It’s the end of an era: Volvo will no longer sell its estates or saloon cars in the UK, choosing to market only its SUVs.