Bronze Age shield leads Suffolk Gentleman’s Library Auction
A rare Bronze Age shield discovered on a Suffolk farm looks set to be one of the star lots in
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Auctions
Distinguished Flying Cross in medals sale
A Distinguished Flying Cross is included in a group of World War II medals set to take place in a
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Antique Cricket collection bowls over bidders
With the Ashes hotting up, the sale of a lifetime’s antique cricket collection hit full swing at a recent Kent
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Rolex Explorer makes four times estimate
A Rolex Explorer has sold for an impressive hammer of £25,000, more than four times its pre-sale estimate in a
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Hitler’s bodyguard’s medal sells for world record
A medal awarded to Hitler’s bodyguard, Ulrich Graf, has sold for a world-record sum at Derbyshire auctioneer’s Hansons. The item
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Netsuke tiger roars in Gloucestershire
An 18th-century Japanese netsuke of a tiger eating bamboo was the top lot in a Gloucestershire sale, making ten times
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Chinese vase with £100 estimate makes £200,000 in Suffolk Sale
An 15th-century Chinese vase stormed past its low estimate of £100 to hammer at £200,000 with its buyer flying to
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Big hitters in cricket fan’s lifetime collection
One fan of cricket’s lifetime collection of antique and collectable ‘cricketana’ will be sold in Kent next month. The late
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Bidders to battle for Star Wars posters
Original Star Wars posters and vintage examples from the James Bond franchise look set to be in demand in a
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19th-century illustrations of the year 2000
Fascinating and mad-cap illustrations depicting the year 2000 as seen in 1899, look set to generate interest in a Staffordshire
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