A gallantry group of WWI medals set to sell at West Midlands’ auction house Cuttlestones’ Friday 7th September Specialist Collectors’ Sale in Wolverhampton tells a fascinating story of two local brothers’ experiences of the Great War.
Local history buffs will be delighted to hear that a diary penned by the first Lord Hatherton, Edward John Littleton, who lived at Teddesley Park in the 19th Century, is once again to come under the auctioneer’s hammer.
A letter from the celebrated 19th Century Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson is one item amongst hundreds in a collection of autographs, letters and other ephemera relating to famous figures of the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries that will shortly be coming up for sale.
Local auctioneer Dave Eglington took part in a gruelling triathlon event on Sunday, 29th July as part of Staffordshire auction house Cuttlestones’ bid to raise £10,000 for Katharine House Hospice this year.
A set of ten scripts dating from the early days of the world’s longest-running soap opera, BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Archers’ is set to come under the hammer at a West Midlands auction house in September.
A charity auction which took place at Chillington Hall on Wednesday, 18th July has raised over £5,500 for The Art Fund. The event was a sell-out success, with over a hundred art enthusiasts from across Staffordshire, Shropshire and the West Midlands gathering for the opportunity to buy works by local artists in the name of a good cause.
Local auctioneer Dave Eglington is training hard to take part in a sponsored triathlon challenge as part of Penkridge-based Cuttlestones’ efforts to raise £10,000 this year for Katharine House Hospice.
Part of a 19th Century banquet service that once belonged to Tsarevitch Alexander Alexandrovich – later Tsar Alexander III of Russia – is set to come under the hammer at West Midlands’ auction house Cuttlestones on Friday 14th September 2012.
It’s little wonder silver is such an attractive collectable – not only does it hold its intrinsic metal value regardless of changes in fashion, but the fact that many pieces are small means storage is relatively easy. Here Ben introduces Georg Jensen, a maker whose distinct style has enduring appeal…