Walter Scott Lenox was born in 1859 in the “Staffordshire of America”: Trenton, N.J. which became the USA’s leading ceramics center and boasted some 200 potteries in the 19th century. Lenox worked as a decorator and designer for several Trenton potteries beginning in 1875 and six years later he advanced […]
Three Studies for a Portrait by Francis Bacon will be the star lot at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction on the 6th March 2018. With continued growing interest in Francis Bacon the Three Studies for a Portrait has an estimate of £10,000,000 to £15,000,000. We would not be surprised if […]
Corgi Magic Roundabout Figures Corgi’s Magic Roundabout figures and die-cast range included the fantastic Magic Roundabout Carousel and a series of 8 figures in the early 1970s: Dougal, Florence, Zebedee, Mr Rusty, Brian the Snail, Basil, Ermintrude and Dylan, which were all produced on a stand with the characters name […]
For fans of Hammer films and Dracula this new Scars of Dracula Count Dracula one fourth scale statue, measuring 21″ tall. In the film Dracula was played by the iconic Christopher Lee, who has been expertly created in the Star Ace Toys new line. Even the figure looks menacing. The statue stands on […]
Rope My Heart is one four new Trail of Painted Ponies for Winter 2018. Rope My Heart has been designed by Lorna Matsuda and features hearts on its mane and hindquarters, as well a heart shaped lasso rope. Rope My Heart – Whether it’s galloping along a beautiful beach at […]
Dame Muriel Spark (née Muriel Sarah Camberg) was born in Edinburgh on the 1st February 1918, and 2018 is the centenary of her birth. She is most famous for her sixth novel, published in 1961, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, with its eponymous title character, the free spirited Miss […]
The Swarovski Collectors Society gifts and annual editions never fail to impress and for 2018 there are some wonderful new models. The highlight as always is annual edition which is the Giraffe Mudiwa which is once again designed by Martin Zendron. To accompany the Giraffe Mudiwa is the Giraffe Baby. Swarovski SCS Giraffe Mudiwa Imagine yourself […]
200 years of Frankenstein books, collectables and toys With the 200th Anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, what better time than to look the work that still inspires new editions, collectables and toys. Authored by Mary Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) when she was just 19 […]
Royal Doulton Subbuteo Football Player Figures Royal Doulton issued these Official Subbuteo Merchandise Football Players in 2004. There were 12 different colourways in the collection and a chase 13th model (in the Brazil colours of yellow and blue) available to anyone that purchased the 12 other models. The models celebrate […]
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. […]
