On
the day that Aardman celebrated a chart-topping opening
weekend in the US with Wallace & Gromit ‘The Curse of
the Were-rabbit’, there was news of a fire at their storage
unit.
Other News
Smoking Cigars In First Ever Hockney Auction
The
first auction ever to be entirely devoted to the works of David
Hockney features a highly topical photo-collage from the pro-smoking
artist. ‘Billy Wilder lighting his cigar,’ made in 1982, is set
to fetch up to £6,000 in Bonhams’ sale of David Hockney
Prints & Multiples on 31 October, which is collectively expected
to generate around half a million pounds.
The Munsters Halloween Village
Christmas Time Betty Boop
C&S
Collectables have announced the release of Christmas Time Betty
Boop which will be available from December 2005.
Changeable Dolls – Two for the Price of One!
Changeable Dolls – Two for the Price of One! by Susan Brewer (follow Sue on Twitter @bunnypussflunge) We all love a bargain, so it`s a bonus when one doll suddenly becomes two! It`s a lot more common than you might think – many dolls can be altered in appearance, giving […]
Real Musgrave to Retire
Real Musgrave the artist behind
the popular Pocket Dragons collection has announced he is to retire
at the end of 2006.
World Record Price for Graham Greene Photograph Fetched at Auction
A world
record price was achieved at a Bonhams auction on 3 October
2005 when a signed photograph of the novelist Graham Greene
(1904 – 1991) fetched an astonishing £20,400 – some
ten times its lower estimate of £2,000. It is the
most expensive signed photograph of Greene ever sold at
auction.
Hantel’s New Reindeer for 2005
Hantel
have just released their new Reindeer for 2005. This little fellow
will make a perfect addition to the existing Hantel Reindeer and
Sleigh.
Lorna Bailey’s 22nd Club Piece
Disney’s Framed Pin Set – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Just
in time for Halloween a great additons for collectors is this
new pin set based on the Nightmare Before Christmas.
