The 26th annual BreyerFest starts on July 17 and runs until July, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. This years event has a French Vive La France theme. Pictured: Que Sera Sera the Saturday Raffle Model BreyerFest is Breyer’s annual flagship event with tons of fun for horse […]
Shirley Temple Movie Costumes, Dolls, and Childhood Memorabilia from her personal archive. While Shirley Temple, the famously dimpled child star danced, sang and smiled her way into hearts throughout the Great Depression years of the 1930s, her mother, Gertrude Temple, was busy preserving the memorabilia that attended her daughter’s more […]
Swarovksi designer Martin Zendron latest materpiece is the dazzling Pair of Eagles, which is also the Swarovski Limited Edition of 2015. Symbolizing power and emotion, this authentic pair of eagles makes an impressive centerpiece in any home or office. Showcasing Swarovski’s expert craftsmanship, it depicts two birds in a territorial […]
The Swatch Club is celebrating its 25th year and the yearly club watch is This is My World. This is My World is a gent lacquered with a silvery circle to make it shine on your wrist, and tells the story of the 25 past years of Swatch Club – A […]
Robert (Mouseman) Thompson (7 May 1876 – 8 December 1955) was a British furniture maker whose designs were both functional and very collectable. His designs with their clean, simple lines, careful workmanship, classic construction and mouse carvings have attracted and continue to attract considerable interest from collectors not only in the […]
The latest catalogue from Corgi’s includes some interesting new models including this colourful London Routemaster decorated with Poppies inspired by the poem by John McCrae. The model is 1:76 scale and measures 148mm long. However, collectors will have to wait and it is not due for release until the 15th […]
Rare Palitoy Star Wars action figures and Palitoy Star Wars toys from a Palitoy reps collection has generated a frenzy amongst Star Wars collectors, when the lots came to auction on the 27th May. When Palitoy ceased trading, rep Doug Carpenter was allowed to keep unsold stock and he kept boxes […]
A Palitoy reps collection has created huge interest in collectors and many of the items have achieved high and record prices at Vectis auctions sale on the 27th May. When Palitoy ceased trading, rep Doug Carpenter was allowed to keep unsold stock and he kept boxes of it in his loft […]
A couple of very rare Dinky vehicles are currently on ebay and we always like see if they sell. They include a wonderful pre-war Dinky 28B Hornby Series Pickfords Removals And Storage and has a buy it now price of £6,500 (click to view on ebay). Also from the same […]
Nailsea glass was originally an inexpensive means of introducing radiant colour into farmhouse and cottage. This was because the basic glass was pale green bottle-glass or, from about 1815, crown glass. Such glass was not subject to the excise tax of sixpence per pound levied on flint-glass. Colourful curios in many shades of blue, green, amber and red, which might be flecked, mottled or striped, were made not only at Nailsea in Somerset but by the glassmen of Sunderland, Newcastle, Stourbridge, Wrockwardine Wood in Shropshire, Alloa in Scotland and elsewhere.
