The ban on live poultry sales is likely to be the final nail in the coffin of Henley’s livestock market—that’s the warning given out at the market’s annual pre-Christmas Turkey sale on Wednesday.
For the first time in Henley Auction Sale’s history, no live birds were sold following government action in the light of the Avian […]

The online auctioneer eBay has admitted an “extreme growth” in the number of personal accounts being hijacked by fraudsters.
Criminals are obtaining the secret passwords of eBay subscribers and using their sites to conduct bogus auctions for non-existent goods.
In a growing number of cases, would-be buyers on the UK’s most used website are paying thousands of […]

The barge that bore the body of British World War Two leader Winston Churchill down the River Thames during his state funeral 40 years ago failed to sell at auction on Thursday.
“Havengore” had been expected to fetch over 1 million pounds ($1.8 million), but bidding ran aground at 780,000 pounds and it was withdrawn from […]

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A 17-inch model of Doctor Who’s Tardis, first used in a 1965 episode of the classic BBC science fiction series, has been sold for £10,800.
The plywood time-travelling device, built at the BBC visual effects department, was sold at Christie’s auction house.
Christie’s said one of its last screen appearances as a prop was in 1970. […]

AN “animal Victoria Cross” awarded to a dog for her bravery during the Second World War was expected to fetch up to £30,000 at auction in London today.
Heroic collie Sheila earned the PDSA Dickin Medal when she helped her master John Dagg rescue US airmen from the wreckage of their plane brought down by a […]

A collection of treasured personal items belonging to the comedy legend Frankie Howerd have been sold at auction for over £7,000.
Fans of the Carry On star packed an auction room in Bristol as 15 lots from the entertainer’s past went under the hammer.
Howerd’s famous brown leather “joke bag” was sold for £320 and came with an […]