In this week's issue of the Auction Room Report – your insider guide to the auction world – our expert Kayleigh Davies selects her current favourite auctions. |
In this week's issue of the Auction Room Report – your insider guide to the auction world – our expert Kayleigh Davies selects her current favourite auctions. |
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DOGON CONTAINER
Estimate: 200 GBP |
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FISH PLATES
Estimate: 100-200 GBP |
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Shorter and Son really reeled in the public with their Fish Ware. One of their best-selling lines, it was introduced in the late 1920s, and the Pottery Gazette even reported in 1935 that the Queen Mother (then Duchess of York) had purchased a set. Early sets usually contained a large serving plate and six medium plates, glazed in cream or ivory and highlighted in green or turquoise. The range was extended, and by the 1950s you could purchase everything from salad bowls to salt and peppers in all kinds of colour combinations. Catch them while you can!
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Estimate: 300 GBP |
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If you’re still feeling Beatlemania after the Klas Burling collection at Stockholms Auktionsverk, this collection of brooches might be for you. Released in 1964 by Invicta Plastics, the miniature guitars feature photos of the Fab Four. They weren’t meant to last, designed to make a quick profit from eager fans. So, to find a whole collection in good condition, with the backing cards featuring facsimile autographs, make them interesting survivors from the past. Whether you consider them wearable nostalgia, or just fun memorabilia, I love them, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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| JEWELLERY BROOCHES
Estimate: 35 GBP |
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DECANTER
Estimate: 350 GBP |
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A Deep Dive with Kayleigh Davies | |
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4301990. CORGI TOYS - JAMES BOND ASTON MARTIN & MAN FROM UNCLE. |
The Corgi James Bond Aston Martin DB5 is, for me, the British toy of the 20th century. While toys based on films are common today, the landscape back in the 1960s was very different. When cinema screenings were over, the film was gone from memory and with it, the market for any merchandise. This meant that Corgi rushed to release this model in time for the 1965 festive season, and in seven weeks they sold three-quarters of a million models, leaving shelves completely empty by Christmas.
The 1960s was a wonderful time for toy cars, with a battle between Dinky and Corgi to release models with new and exciting features their rivals hadn’t thought of yet. Corgi originally advertised themselves as ‘the ones with windows’ to make Dinky’s windowless models seem outdated. Not content with just windows by the time of the DB5’s release, children wanted more and it delivered: a working ejector seat, a pop-up bullet shield, machine guns and a revolving number plate. |
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Collectors looking for the best examples should pay special attention to the box. Inside is a pictorial display stand you can use to display your model, and in the base of this is a hidden compartment. To be fully complete, there should be an envelope containing ‘secret instructions,’ a 007 lapel sticker and a spare ‘baddie’ for when you inevitably lose the original small figure when using the ejector seat! |
– Kayleigh Davies, toys and art glass expert |
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A Deep Dive
with Kayleigh Davies |
4301990. CORGI TOYS - JAMES BOND ASTON MARTIN & MAN FROM UNCLE. |
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The Corgi James Bond Aston Martin DB5 is, for me, the British toy of the 20th century. While toys based on films are common today, the landscape back in the 1960s was very different. When cinema screenings were over, the film was gone from memory and with it, the market for any merchandise. This meant that Corgi rushed to release this model in time for the 1965 festive season, and in seven weeks they sold three-quarters of a million models, leaving shelves completely empty by Christmas.
The 1960s was a wonderful time for toy cars, with a battle between Dinky and Corgi to release models with new and exciting features their rivals hadn’t thought of yet. Corgi originally advertised themselves as ‘the ones with windows’ to make Dinky’s windowless models seem outdated. Not content with just windows by the time of the DB5’s release, children wanted more and it delivered: a working ejector seat, a pop-up bullet shield, machine guns and a revolving number plate.
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Collectors looking for the best examples should pay special attention to the box. Inside is a pictorial display stand you can use to display your model, and in the base of this is a hidden compartment. To be fully complete, there should be an envelope containing ‘secret instructions,’ a 007 lapel sticker and a spare ‘baddie’ for when you inevitably lose the original small figure when using the ejector seat! |
– Kayleigh Davies, toys and art glass expert |
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