Wade Whimsie Day has been given as July 19th by the Wade Collectors Club. The day it self is the birthday of Sir George Wade. A number of Wade Whimsies have been produced over recent years to commemorate this special day. 2021 is no exception with release of these cute […]
In the digital age we live in, physical movie posters can command high values and collectors across the world have their own list of holy grail posters to own. One such in existence is the 1972 one sheet poster of Stanley Kubrick’s disturbing masterpiece A Clockwork Orange. Having been X […]
We started collecting Funko Pop figures about 9 years ago when we started going to Comic Cons. They looked awesome and cute and the collecting bug hit us. Then in 2014 I got my hands on the San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) exclusive Pop of Sloth from the Goonies wearing […]
Leonardo da Vinci’s Head of a Bear, offered as the leading lot in the Exceptional Sale held this evening (8th July) at Christie’s London, realised £8,857,500 against a presale estimate of £8,000,000-12,000,000. The result sets a new world record for a drawing by the artist. The previous record for a drawing […]
The special Smurfs 40th ANNIVERSARY Smurf Band Playset by SCHLEICH was released in 1998 to celebrate the Ruby anniversary of the first appearance of the famous blue characters in 1958. The Smurfs were characters in a series entitled “Johan and Pirlouit”, drawn by their creator Peyo (The first figurines were […]
You may find that you have a copy of a board game that sounds familiar, but the game itself and the artwork may look dated and different from the versions you have seen more recently. From time to time even modern hobby board games get to the age where they […]
Charlotte Rhead is well known for her Art Deco and colourful designs and in this feature we take a look at Charlotte Rhead tiles. Charlotte Rhead created a great number of tile designs ranging from buildings, landscapes, sea scapes, animals, and people especially women. Each tile was unique and tube-lined […]
Clarice Cliff is well known for her range of colourful pottery but she was also responsible for other items such as the Clarice Cliff Teddy Bear Bookends. The Teddy Bear bookends date from the 1930s and were sold in pairs and show a teddy bear sitting holding on to plinth […]
The original Beswick Alice in Wonderland series of figurines were released in 1973 and were produced until 1983. They were modelled by designer Graham Tongue (who had joined Beswick in 1996), Albert Hallam and David Lyttleton. The design of the Beswick Alice in Wonderland series of 11 figurines was influenced […]
In this highly digital age board games are taking more and more prevalence for spending interactive time with family and friends. From this we seem to be digging those family board games we still own from the seventies and eighties out of the cupboards, blowing off the dust and this […]
