Cricket fans desperate to see next month’s last Ashes Test are bidding over £700 for a pair of tickets on internet auction site eBay. Meanwhile, bookies are bracing themselves for a huge pay-out if England regain the Ashes following their nerve-wracking victory in the fourth Test.The Oval, venue for the final test, sold out all […]

26 years ago Sheila Crown bought a green ornament for her study that happened to be a frog. Since then her collection of frog-related artefacts has grown to 11,471 and has been listed in the Guinness Book of Records. ‘Time to say goodbye’: Auctioneers are still cataloguing the collection, and have not yet estimated a […]

Annual Costume and Textiles including 20th Century Fashion
sale on 29 September 2005 is a must for fashion devotees searching for vintage clothes and
accessories in excellent condition at good value prices. Featuring pieces by established designers
such as Versace, Vivienne Westwood, Christian Dior, Ossie Clark and Biba, as well as classic
designers of the earlier 20th century such […]

Gardeners and people with a particular girl’s name might be interested in the registration mark, BL05 SOM, which is one of 1449 personal plates being put up for sale at DVLA Personalised Registrations’ next auction which is being held at the Sketchley Grange Hotel, Hinckley, East Midlands between 15 and 17 September.
Other plates included in […]

The dismantled remains of Rosemount watchtower have been allegedly sold for an astounding £1m on Internet auction site eBay.
The army watchtower, long since an issue of great debate here in the city, was dismantled several years ago as part of the peace process.
Now it has been claimed that the huge imposing tower has been auctioned […]

Chinese car maker Nanjing Auto is understood to have missed a deadline to pay a multi-million pound bill to MG Rover’s administrator for the assets of the business.
The news casts a question mark over the plans by Nanjing and GB Sports Car to restart making MG and Rover cars in the West Midlands, creating as […]

A school friend of the late Princess Diana is cashing in on a personal letter containing the former Royal’s teenage thoughts by selling it on internet auction site eBay for £20,000.
Cara Howard says she received the letter - handwritten by the late princess - after Diana left the public school they both went to in […]