Collectables

I was enjoying reading the article on the queen’s brooch, which sold recently (ATG No 2550), when I was surprised to come across the name of Ray Lindwall, the scourge of English cricket in the 1950s.

A cheery Retail Fruit Trade Federation 1930s poster promoting healthy breakfast food features in AntikBar’s summer exhibition The visual Impact of Nourishment in Vintage Posters.

This early 17th century harpsichord is inscribed to the name baton for Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp, 1614.

Selection of sale highlights from the exceptional Henry Rogers Broughton collection

The Map of Florida shown here was issued in 1829 to encourage settlement following its still recent acquisition from Spain.

A ‘Jolly Roger’ or pirate flag that records the Second World War exploits of a British submarine flew once more in a militaria sale earlier this summer.

Referring to the UK’s near-total ban on selling antique ivory objects, would the beautiful Vizagatapam, India, c.1830-50, ivory chess set in the collection of Mr Holger Langer (Collector Interview, ATG No 2550) be classed as museum quality?

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

Bonhams has closed its coin and medals department in London and specialist John Millensted will now work as a consultant to the firm.

The queen’s menacing message to Protestant courtiers makes an auction appearance

Butterscotch in New York is holding its summer estates auction on July 17.

You reported on the front page of the ATG (No 2550) that Bonhams has added another auction house to its expanding stable.

Offered as part of a New York sale held by Swann (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) were the two imaginative aerial views reproduced here.

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

Single-owner group offers 007 toys and gadgets mainly from the Sean Connery era

This mid-20th century illusionist apparatus will feature in Potter & Potter’s latest Magic sale when it auctions the lifetime collection of Jim Deloach in Chicago on July 16.

Swann Auction Galleries is holding a sale of vintage posters in New York on August 4.

Unknown as he is to the vast majority of people, even Americans, Button Gwinnett is certainly renowned among collectors of early US history.