Letter by Jane Austen bought by museum
A section of a letter by Jane Austen has been bought by the Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, Hampshire
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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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Antique Valentine card reveals sad love story
A rare antique Valentine card from 1820, found during a house clearance, has revealed an image of the sweethearts who
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17th-century broadside sells for thousands
A rare broadside sheet from the 17th century, entitled The Beginning, Progress and End of Man, has sold for £9,500
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World’s oldest Valentine’s Day card makes thousands
One of the world’s oldest Valentine’s Day cards has sold for thousands in a Derbyshire auctioneer’s recent sale, with bidders
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Churchill’s headmaster letters in Essex sale
A collection of letters written to Winston Churchill’s formidably strict headmaster at St George’s School in Ascot, Berkshire during the
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Lunar letters out of this world
A signed letter from the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, unearthed in a house in Tamworth, Staffordshire, is
Read moreNaughty but nice Playboy cartoons in sale
A collection of ‘naughty-but-nice’ Playboy cartoons look set to create interest at Catherine Southon Auctions next month
Read moreRare wartime poster in Kent auction
Read about the rare original recruiting poster dating from 1914 has been discovered at an antiques valuation day
Read moreRare Mucha collection in New York
New York’s Swann Auction Galleries is to sell the Harry C. Meyerhoff Collection of nearly 200 spectacular posters and ephemera
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