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Middle-Earth history works edited by Christopher and two copies of The Hobbit with interesting links

This jersey dates from between 1886 and 1890, making it not just the oldest Middlesbrough FC shirt but possibly the oldest Football League shirt extant.

With Arsenal still setting the pace at the top of the Premier League as we went to press, several lots offered at Graham Budd’s (24% buyer’s premium) sale on March 7-8 acted as a reminder of the club’s formative days.

Middle market Old Masters, longstanding family ownership, market freshness... what’s not to like?

Sold at the high-estimate £3500 at a Kent auction was a German facsimile edition of the Lindisfarne Gospels.

In the 007 collecting scene Dr No (1962) is usually the film poster buyers are most keen to say yes to.

This polychrome advertising plaque features a portrait of Ninon de L’Enclos, a notorious courtesan who scandalised France by numerous affairs with prominent statesmen and church notables.

On November 26, 1976, the Sex Pistols released their first single, Anarchy in the UK.

Many animals stuffed by taxidermists stand out as fiercesome beasts that could easily have turned on the hunters themselves.

Shown here is the original 15ips (inches per second) tape of, by repute, Rod Stewart’s first recording on June 18, 1964, together with a second copy.

“A very rare and early item of cricketing history” is how Knights Sporting Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) describes the large silk handkerchief shown here.

A roundup of news and events from across the trade.

Gold has become the standard to aspire to at the Olympics but for the first version of the modern summer Games it was silver.

Dealers look back at the huge Peterborough event now holding its last showground venue staging

A new fair will launch at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in April next year.

Stourbridge saleroom Fieldings Auctioneers has had a change in ownership.