Collectables

Tommy Cooper’s (1921-1984) ‘last fez’ appeared at Hansons in Woburn, Bedfordshire, doubling its estimate to fetch £7000 (plus 26.5% buyer’s premium).

A memento from one of the most famous rugby union matches of all time: the Barbarians versus New Zealand in 1973 will go under the hammer at Rogers Jones on April 10.

The egg had bidders scrambling for ownership at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood in Exeter

A British government red leather dispatch case belonging to the minister of state for colonial affairs achieved an above estimate price at a recent Bonhams’ timed sale.

Despite achieving an impressive sum, an important Iron Age coin fell short of setting a new auction record at Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s.

In a rare double sighting of the great bustard – a bird extinct in Britain – a picture and taxidermy are offered at auction

The ‘Victorian Village’ at Flambards theme park, consigned to Penzance saleroom Lay’s for sale on March 25-28, has been sold by private treaty

The cigar case given as a token of appreciation for safely transporting General Espartero Baldomero to exile in England found plenty of admirers at Noonans

Held by the same Dutch family for just over 300 years, a very high grade Elizabeth I gold Sovereign comes for sale this week.

The Leica I was the first mass-produced Leica. One of its prototypes, the 0-series, heads to auction this summer

Shapero Rare Books deals in antiquarian and rare books and works on paper. Its Travel Catalogue 2025 is an adventure around the world

Rasmus Malling-Hansen designed the pincushion-like device in 1865 to help deaf students "speak with their fingers"