Auction Reports


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Meredith of Manchester: a sport memorabilia first pick

20 October 2025

City and United player once mired in a bribery scandal but who played until 49 is today a major draw at auction

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Aussie touring cricketers take new journey 141 years later

20 October 2025

This early original carte de visite-sized photograph depicting 11 members of the Australian cricket touring party to England 1884 was a stand-out result from an auction offering 500 items from one of the trade’s stalwart books dealers.

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Stirling Moss race suit motors away to hammer at the high estimate

20 October 2025

A Stirling Moss (1929- 2020) race suit sold at a top-estimate £8000 came with an intriguing provenance.

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Not a Thunderball but a golf feathery ball with 007 link

20 October 2025

Readers may not know of Cyril (or Fred) Whiting, but if you are a James Bond aficionado the name Cyril Blacking could ring a bell.

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Doctor on hand at the end of the London 1908 marathon famous for Dorando Pietri collapse

20 October 2025

In his professional life Dr Edward Moir (1879-1951) was a prominent specialist in anaesthetics, practising in Manchester and Macclesfield.

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Winnie the Pooh first edition emerges in the US

20 October 2025

A scarce 1928 US first edition of The House at Pooh Corner hammered for $5000 (£3720) against a guide of $500-700 at Copake Auction (25% buyer’s premium).

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Golf club puts in solid auction performance a fair way over the estimate

20 October 2025

An Edwardian silver golf club driver by Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1906, doubled the top estimate at a West Yorkshire saleroom.

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Henry Cooper Lonsdale belt packs a £62,000 punch in the saleroom

20 October 2025

A heavyweight Lonsdale belt hit a new high for a Henry Cooper boxing belt when offered at Budds’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest auction.

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Nearly West Brom glory: an 1895 FA Cup runners-up medal emerges

20 October 2025

The Antiques & Interiors two-day sale at Fieldings (26% buyer’s premium inc VAT) of Stourbridge included this 9ct, 18g gold runner’s-up medal awarded to Jack Banks of West Bromwich Albion after the 1895 Football Association Challenge cup final against Aston Villa.

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High for a Mouseman recliner

13 October 2025

A classic early 1930s Mouseman recliner came for sale at a recent event held at Clevedon Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) near Bristol.

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Small but exceptional Doulton group emerge at Adam Partridge

13 October 2025

Just 30 figures from single owner collection offered in Cheshire saleroom rack up nearly £60,000 total

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Headless Roman emperor given nod of approval

13 October 2025

A recent sale at Harper Field (20% buyer’s premium) in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, included a weathered marble figure of a Roman emperor in armour.

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Sèvres bottle coolers sell to French bidder at 20 times the top estimate

13 October 2025

A pair of 7in (17cm) Sèvres porcelain bottle coolers (seau à bouteille) sold for £6000 as part of Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) recent Country House Sale.

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Not for tourists: Carved wooden stool was intended for Polynesian high society rather than the newcomers

06 October 2025

So-called no’oanga stools from Rurutu Island, the northernmost island of the Austral archipelago in Polynesia, are distinct in their deep seats and solid curving legs terminating in button-like feet.

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Crumbs… biscuit tin takes £5200

06 October 2025

Among the most desirable of all novelty biscuit tins is the William Crawford & Sons sports coupe.

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Huge amount of pre-sale interest prompts extra spear research

06 October 2025

Like the no’oanga stool sold by Woolley & Wallis, the Polynesian ceremonial spears or staffs known as to’o also originate from the Austral Islands of Rurutu.

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How Gillows gives stamp of authority to furniture

06 October 2025

Gillows was one of the few English cabinetmaking firms to regularly mark its furniture. It is estimated that the Gillows Lancaster stamp appears on roughly a third of the pieces that left its workshops.

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Moving and macabre mementoes that mattered for Jacobites

29 September 2025

A rare snuff box commemorating the escape of Charles II from Parliamentary forces after the Battle of Worcester was the highlight of Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood’s (26% buyer’s premium) silver and jewellery sale in Exeter.

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Plaques that mean no meat, alcohol or sex

29 September 2025

A recent sale at The Cotswold Auction Company (24% buyer’s premium) in Cirencester included three famille rose porcelain abstinence plaques.

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Kangxi bowl once bought for £95, now £65,000 at Wimbledon Auctions

29 September 2025

Invoice reveals the original deal for a Kangxi bowl that emerged from a London private collection

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