A 1962 Dr. No quad film poster was one of the highlights of the James Bond section of the Vectis 12th July Entertainment Memorabilia. The poster featuring Sean Connery on a striking yellow background with the text The First James Bond Film! fetched £3,000. Pictured right: DR. NO (1962) Film Poster. […]
A unique Star Wars poster will be of interest to Star Wars collectors in the Vectis 12th July Entertainment Memorabilia. The poster depicts all six Star Wars films and has been signed by sixty nine members of cast and crew. This Star Wars poster will be worth a great deal […]
Antiques & Collectables expert Mark Hill has announced that he will be opening a stand at Grays Antiques, in the heart of central London. Situated behind the renowned Grays main building, the Mews (below left) is a few minutes stroll from Bond Street tube station and Oxford Street and north of the renowned […]
Tea was introduced to this country in the mid-seventeenth century, and within 100 years it was a national beverage enjoyed by all classes, the direct cause of considerable changes in the times of meals and in social customs and, of course, of the introduction of the tea services so highly […]
A collection of ornamental scarf pins provides a very interesting subject for collectors in which examples are not too difficult to obtain. The scarf-pin was fashionable from the days of cravats to the early part of our own century, but perhaps the most interesting period from the collector’s point of […]
A rare and unusual L N E R 1931 lithographic poster will be of great interest to railway collectors around the world. The poster is beng presented for sale by Unique Auctions of Lincoln, at their 26th and 27th July Antique & Collectors sale. The lithographic poster dates from 1931 and was designed […]
Merrythought teddy bears on parade in Ironbridge. A scene more synonymous with Horse Guards Parade could be witnessed today at the famous Merrythought factory in Ironbridge, Shropshire, as 12 giant Guardsman teddy bears prepare to set sail across the Atlantic for an unusual shipment to one of the company’s US […]
Fieldings Crown Devon The history of Fieldings Crown Devon spans more than a hundred years from 1878 until 1982. During that period the company experienced two very distinct peaks in terms of design and output. The first period saw the company achieve great success with high quality ‘Vellum’and hand painted […]
Leslie Charteris was born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin in Singapore on May 12th, 1907. The son of a Chinese doctor and an English woman he was determined to become a writer from a very early age. His first published work was a poem which appeared in The Straits Times when he […]
Arctophiles who like Disney animations can have great fun building a collection based entirely around Disney bears, as Kathy Martin reveals When you think of the number of animals Disney have immortalised in their animations over the years, it’s surprising how rarely bears have been featured. Pictured right: Steiff Winnie […]
