Collectables

A postcard from Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) in Cape Town to his then fiancée Emily Dorman in London appeared at a recent sale at Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s.

Alan Taylor’s West Ham United shirt, winners’ medal and other items from the 1975 FA Cup final will appear at Stacey’s on April 28.

The only known bass drumhead featuring John Bonham’s personal symbol – the interlocking rings that became his mark after Led Zeppelin’s fourth album – knocked down at $70,000 (£53,000) plus 25% buyer’s premium on April 17 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas.

An archive of photographs, article notes and correspondence belonging to a Polish journalist documenting the Spanish Civil War sold above estimate at Doyle New York.

The model in the James Peake design was offered as part of the Tony Cuff collection at Clarkes Auctions in Dorset

Dealer Les Enluminures has sold a ‘pioneering-feminist’ medieval manuscript to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

More than 150 lots of archery memorabilia from the final tranche of the Bill Terry collection appeared at Olympia Auctions on April 16.

A folio from a rare 15th century Timurid manuscript will be offered at Christie’s in London on May 1.

A single-owner collection of more than 30,000 vinyl records will appear at Ewbank’s in a two-day auction on April 23-24.

“A Holy Grail moment for collectors worldwide” was the promise from Merseyside auction house Omega (29/35% buyer’s premium inc VAT) when a scarce picture sleeve came for sale.