Hobbies and Pastimes News & Updates
- 23rd September 2021
ONE of the country’s leading jewellery valuers will be offering free advice and auction estimates at Burton Albion Community Football Trust (BACT).
‘The Duke’ and his camera crew will be capturing auction segments for hit ITV show Dickinson's Real Deal with Richard Winterton at Fradley Park following two recent Dealer Days at RAF Museum Cosford and Coventry Transport Museum.
Coming to auction on September 20 is an important piece of Aston Villa memorabilia – a 125-year-old member’s card for the club’s pivotal 1896-1897 season when the team won both the FA Cup and the Football League and moved to Villa Park.
- 31st August 2021
This is the full story of ‘exemplary’ soldier John Johnstone, who was sent to Arnhem as part of Operation Market Garden in WW2, dropping into German-occupied Holland on a Horsa glider. Depicted in the 1977 war epic A Bridge Too Far, The Battle of Arnhem turned into the last major defeat suffered by the British Army. Johnstone served throughout the siege before being evacuated over the Rhine.
Ruskin was founded in 1898 in Smethwick – then part of Staffordshire – and wowed the world for decades from a studio in the heart of the Black Country.
AUTOGRAPHS collected by a teenager as the 1960s started swinging are expected to sell for more than £1,500 in a Lichfield auction next month.
Read more about this serendipitous find of a classic James Bond cinema poster on the 40th anniversary of the film.
A LICHFIELD auction proved to be the one to watch as bidders from across the world battled over a ‘timeless’ collection.
A ‘DIRTY Dozen’ military watch which has truly stood the test of time is coming up for auction in Lichfield.
MYSTERY surrounds a set of rare Manx coins which may be the only mint examples left in existence.