Collectables
Six ways to brighten up your home for spring
New year, new you. But what about your house? Brightening up your home during these dull winter days is easy with a few choice pieces. And before you know it, it will be spring.
Five Australian lots to bid for on thesaleroom.com including a gold nugget and cricket memorabilia
From gold rush prospectors to sporting legends, Australia’s history is full of larger-than-life figures. The art and antiques that come out of the country can be similarly remarkable.
Sold on thesaleroom.com: Rare 19th century eight-key flute
Popular in the first decades of the 19th century, the eight-key flute is something of a transitional instrument – one which retained much of the characteristics of the earlier baroque flute but also featured elements of the modern instrument.
Three miniature antique globes coming up for auction
Have you dreamed about holding the whole world in your hands?
Game of thrones – five of the most-watched chess lots on thesaleroom.com
The variety and styles of chess boards and pieces on offer at auction offers huge scope for an international audience of collectors.
Five fascinating items of Queen memorabilia to go gaga over at auction
Don’t just wait for the hammer to fall – get prepared to bid on entertainment memorabilia which is set to create a kind of magic this week.
Royal memorabilia – four lots at auction with links to royalty including a Henry VIII signed document
Items with links to royalty have long been in demand for collectors and a selection on offer at William George this week is enticing bidders.
Sold on thesaleroom – an Airfix D-Day model flies into auction
An Airfix D-Day model turned out to be a hotly contested lot at auction in Kent and was sold to a buyer on thesaleroom.com.
Warm up for the ski season with vintage ski posters coming up at auction on thesaleroom.com
The poster, as we know it, dates back to the 19th century when the innovation and use of high-speed colour lithography by Jules Chéret made mass production possible and brought it to the masses.
Christmas comes early for train and travel enthusiasts with huge two-day trains sale
Toy train enthusiasts have been waiting all year for the annual Trains Galore two-day sale of more than 1000 lots at Special Auction Services in Newbury with bidding available via thesaleroom.com.