A collection of some 150 Victorian card cases will be sold at auction at Unique Auctions New Years Day auction which as the name suggests is on the 1st January. The single owner collection features many fine examples including cards cases by renowned designer Nathaniel Mills and Japanese Shibayama examples. […]
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1930s West Ham United Football Programmes
An interesting collection of mid-1930s West Ham home football programmes including matches against Blackburn (1936), Tottenham (1936) and Southampton (1937 and 1938) are up for auction at Unique Auctions of Lincoln’s New Years Day auction. The collection also includes a Red v Blues practice match. The football programmes which are […]
Christie’s to sell the personal collection of Audrey Hepburn
Christie’s will present the sale of the personal collection of Audrey Hepburn, the globally renowned and celebrated film and stage actress, fashion legend and humanitarian in London this September. The collection of one of the most famous and beloved stars in the history of film and fashion will be showcased […]
Steve Bonney Dinky Collection Sale Review
One of the finest Dinky Toy Collections sold in recent years went under the hammer on September 6th at Vectis Auction. The collection consisted of 700 lots of British Dinky cars, commercials, buses and military vehicles gatehered over 30 years by collector Steve Bonney. Overall the sale achieved a very healthy £180,000 […]
HM Bark Endeavour Replica to be sold at auction
Lincoln Auctioneers, Unique Auctions are to auction a full size replica of the HM Bark Endeavour at the Antique & Collectors auction on the 28th August. The 400 tonne ship is only one of two full size replicas in the world, the one being sold is located in Stockton-on-Tees (not […]
Letters from Albert Einstein to his friend Michele Besso
A remarkable collection of letters from Albert Einstein to his closest friend, Michele Besso, will star in Christie’s Classic Week. Einstein: Letters to a friend, a dedicated online sale from 6 to 13 July, will present 50 lots from Einstein to Besso, with a further six letters offered in the Valuable Printed […]
Andy Warhol’s Soup Can with Can Opener (Vegetable) at Christies
Glenn O’Brien: “What’s your favourite painting of all your work?” Warhol: “I guess the soup can.” Andy Warhol’s Big Campbell’s Soup Can with Can Opener (Vegetable), 1962 will star in Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 17 May. One of the 20th-century’s most iconic images, Warhol’s ‘Campbell’s Soup […]
The Gary Moore Collection is Back In Town
Guitars owned by ‘one of the greatest blues players of all time’ to be offered by Bonhams A group of guitars and vintage amps from the private collection of the late Thin Lizzy legend Gary Moore will be offered at Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia sale at their Knightsbridge saleroom on 28 […]
Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon Recording Console at TCM Presents auction
An Abbey Road Studios EMI TG12345 MK IV recording console is to be sold by Bonhams at their TCM Presents…Rock and Roll Through the Lens sale in New York on 27 March 2017. It will be on view to the public at Bonhams Knightsbridge from Sunday 19 March until the […]
Hergé Tintin auction at Catawiki
The latest Hergé Tintin auction at Catawiki includes nearly 100 lots of Tin Tin books, art, figurines and music. Lots include: Goddin, Philippe – chronology of a work – T7 (1958-1983) – C – EO (2011) Tintin T5 – Lotus Blue – C – Re (1952) Tintin – Album Pop Hop […]