One of the highlights during a recent visit to the Lake District was a visit to Hill Top the home of Beatrix Potter. The house (an other properties) were left by Beatrix Potter when she died in 1943 to the National Trust and is open to visitors throughout most of […]
Today is Moomins Day. Happy Moomins Day to all. It also sees the launch of a special Moomin Mug which will is only available for 24 hours. Moomin Day is celebrated every year on 9 August which is the birthday of M0omin creator Tove Jansson. This years mug shows ‘ A warm moment […]
August is Trail Of Painted Ponies Collectors Appreciation Month and available FREE to collectors are four designs available FREE to any collector who buys two other ponies. There are four different ponies available throughout the month FREE Old Country Store August 1 – 9 FREE The Prairie Princess August 10 – […]
A 33-piece collection of some of the rarest Star Wars action figure prototypes will be of great interest to Star Wars collectors at Heritage Auctions sale on the 2nd to 4th August. The owner of the collection, collected only the rarest examples of figures released in the late 1970’s and […]
To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the end of the First World War The Royal British Legion are launching their Lest We Forget Appeal. They have been working with potters in Stoke-on-Trent including Anita Harris to create commemorative pieces of pottery. Anita Harris Art Pottery have created 5 special pieces including: 24cm Vase […]
Twelve plates from the famous ‘Marly Rouge‘ dessert service made at the Sèvres porcelain factory for the Emperor Napoleon in 1809, and delivered to the Château of Fontainebleau, sold for £81,250 at Bonhams Fine European Ceramics Sale in London on Thursday 5 July. The 12 plates were estimated at £70,000-90,000. The hand-painted […]
John Gilroy’s iconic artwork, designs and influence for the Guinness advertising campaigns, from 1928 to the 1960s, are still current today and the original Guinness posters are very collectable. John Gilroy was responsible for some of the most famous advertising campaigns in history and helped turn around the fortunes of Guinness […]
The Quentin Blake A Retrospective is running at Christies from the 3rd to the 12th July, and includes 178 lots from Quentin Blake’s personal collection, being offered at live auction and an online sale. The sales comprise works from the past 40 years of his career, including illustrations of characters that have […]
Buddy Holly Royal Doulton Character Jug We still love the Royal Doulton character jugs at WCN. There have been many great examples, and now is a great time to collect as the prices of most models are way below their peak. The Buddy Holly Character Jug has a design number D7100 […]
Post-war ceramics arrived in an explosion of style and colour, creating contemporary ‘new look’ that is so desirable among collectors today. One of the most innovative potteries was Midwinter Pottery, largely due to one of its most celebrated designers – Jessie Tait. She was the only full time in-house designer […]
