Author: Colin Ricketts
Contact the author of these articles at simon@justcollecting.com
Contact the author of these articles at simon@justcollecting.com
Beatle wife Pattie Boyd is selling personal items at auction next month. The collection includes letters illuminating the most famous love triangle in rock history as Eric Clapton tried to […]
Art for European comics including Tintin and Asterix currently tops the bidding in a major sale of original comic book and book art. The sale, which is open for online […]
A Hermes bag has topped the returns chart at a major Sotheby’s luxury sale in Hong Kong. The limited edition bag, made in 2022, realised around £142,000 (HK$1,397,000) at the […]
Stamp buyers will focus on New York next week as a block of rare “f-grill” stamps is sold at auction. The February 27 – 29 sale of United States stamps […]
Twelve medals worn by one of Britain’s most heroic World War II officers have realised £100,000 at auction in London. The medals were the property of Sir Mark Henniker (known […]
A Star Wars script abandoned by Harrison Ford in a London rental has sold for nearly £11,000. Ford was staying in Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill while filming the first Star […]
White Album number 0000006, John Lennon’s first copy of 1968 eponymous The Beatles album, is up for auction this month. The starting price at the online auction, which closes on […]
A hoard of silver pennies from 1066 could net their finders nearly £200,000 at auction. The coins were found in Braintree, Essex, and may have been buried for safe keeping […]
A copy of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, could realise millions of dollars when it is sold at auction at the beginning of April. The sellers, Heritage […]
The Dirty Dozen are a collection of military watches designed for the British Ministry of Defence. Two examples are being auctioned in London next Wednesday, February 21 with a rare […]
A March auction sale of Hollywood props and costumes is packed with instantly recognisable items. Film fans will know these items immediately and are likely to snap them up, despite […]
A baseball signed by all four Beatles at their final show is up for sale at auction this month. The Spalding ball was signed by George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul […]
A set of Michael Jordan’s sneakers – Air Jordan of course – has sold for $8 million (£6.33 million) at auction in New York. This was not a pair of […]
A set of false teeth worn by Winston Churchill during one of his most famous speeches have been sold for £18,000. Churchill wore dentures throughout his life, and was somewhat […]
The sale of Mark Knopfler guitars has handsomely surpassed expectations and estimates to raise over £8 million. The sale was a big pay-day for charities, who received 25% of the […]