Collectables

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

One of the more remarkable results of recent weeks came in a May 3 sale at Freeman’s (26/21/15% buyer’s premium) of Philadelphia.

Works by the three sisters including copies published under pseudonyms come to a Cambridge auction

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

Two Generations Collection was the title of an auction of automobilia and collectors’ cars amassed by a single family.

This mahogany 12-drawer cabinet of minerals, rocks and fossils carries the printed trade label reading Arranged and Sold by J Tennant, Mineralogist by Appointment to Her Majesty, 149 Strand London.

Shown here are pages from an extremely long, hand-coloured aquatint record on one continuous folding strip just a little over 4in tall, but a work that would extend to around 19ft (5.8m) if fully opened.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions

Milestone’s 881-lot auction on May 27 in Willoughby, Ohio, is led by a collection of post-war Japanese toy robot rarities.

Among the most popular cigarette cards to collect are those produced by the Taddy company.

Four-figure first edition du Maurier book comes in the trademark Gollancz design without pictures

A left-hand cotton mitten owned by John Hunt (1910-98), leader of the successful British Expedition to the summit of Mount Everest, sold for £3200 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Hansons in Bishton Hall, Staffordshire, on May 10.

Converse Auctions in Pennsylvania will be offering the clock collection of Willis R Michael (1894-1969) in its online auction on May 19.

Dr Cyril Mazansky, a retired radiologist in the US, is a historian and author with a focus on UK history.

Early English plays provided the principal attraction in a US saleroom

The County Durham-born cartographer John Arrowsmith (1790-1873) was responsible for one of the first ‘modern’ atlases of the 19th century.

Potter & Potter’s second books auction of the year includes Charles Dickens’ (1812-70) Great Expectations estimated at $8000-12,000.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

Australian dealer coming to the UK for Firsts describes the attractions of the Chelsea event