Antiques
Secret Agent Pete writes about antiques. A Lot.
Medal celebrates Swindon’s unsung hero
A medal celebrating the achievements of one of Swindon’s unsung heroes will go under the hammer in the Cotswolds next month. Educated at Swindon High School and trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, Sir Thomas Horder – later Baron … Continue reading
Auctioneers point finger at gold for rising prices
Auctioneers in the Cotswolds are pointing the finger at gold to explain the high prices being achieved by antiques this year. After the last sale at Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester on Friday, March 18, the cumulative total made … Continue reading
A chance to snap up iconic pup Nipper
With profits plunging 25 percent this year and the proposed closure of 40 retail outlets, the future looks bleak for music group HMV. Yet the company’s mascot – who in 2000 earned himself a place in the Top 10 Famous … Continue reading
Collection of toys makes £45,000 at auction
Auctioneers made selling antiques look like child’s play when a collection of toys achieved £45,000 in the Cotswolds on Friday. The top prices from the 157 toy lots at Moore Allen & Innocent’s Selected Antique Sale were all achieved by … Continue reading
Tin toys dominate antiques auction
Tin toys from the 1950s and 60s dominate the catalogue for an antiques auction in Cirencester next week. The sale of 157 lots of play-worn toys, amassed by a single collector and including brightly-coloured trains, aircraft, spaceships and cars, make … Continue reading
Tigers are real kings of jungle
Tigers proved they were the real kings of the jungle at a Cotswolds antiques auction. Knocking the spots off the leopards and leaving lions lying well down the league table, three tiger skins appeared in the top ten of prices … Continue reading
Antiques collectors have chance to earn their stripes
Antiques collectors will be given the opportunity to earn their stripes when two tiger skins go under the hammer at a Cotswold auction. The two skins, one measuring just over three metres nose to tail, the second just under three … Continue reading
Bidders go round twist as corkscrew sells for £11,000
A rare corkscrew has been sold at auction in the Cotswolds for a head-spinning £11,000. Collectors went round the twist when the Robert Jones and Son Patent corkscrew – in brass with a rosewood handle, bearing a Victorian kite mark, … Continue reading
Antiques are child’s play at Moore Allen
Cotswold auctioneers are chuff-chuff-chuffed to be selling a large collection of miniature petrol and steam engines later this month. The 43 engines, which range in size from a couple of inches to a foot long, were all handmade by a … Continue reading
Corks will be popping after Cotswold auction
Corks will be popping after a Cotswolds antiques auction next week – when a large collection of vintage wines will go under the hammer. The sale at Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester on Friday, November 19 features enough wine, … Continue reading