A security manager at Heathrow Airport has been sacked for taking lost property to sell on eBay. Roberta Gordon, is alleged to have taken items left behind by first class passengers in Terminal 5. She is said to have collected designer jewellery, cosmetics and electrical goods over several months and sold them on eBay. Gordon, [...]

Friday 24th April 2009 at 10.00 am
Viewing Wednesday 10.00 am till 4.00 pm, Thursday 10.00 am till 7.00 pm and on the morning of the sale from 8.30 until 9.45, with limited viewing whilst the sale is in progress.
The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3BS, United Kingdom
Tel: (00 44)1935 812277 Fax: (00 44)1935 389387
www.charterhouse-auctions.co.uk
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On April 1st 2009 Sotheby’s London is to sell one of the most remarkable Mamluk enamelled glass buckets left in private hands, in its biannual Arts of the Islamic World sale. The Rothschild Bucket is exceptionally rare and was made at the high point of Mamluk glass production. The auction also features a range of [...]

A rare carved whale’s tooth from H M Sloop “Beagle” depicting Charles Darwin’s 1834 voyage will come on sale at Bonhams in London on 16 September in one of the highlights of the Travel and Exploration thematic sales planned for this year.
The whale’s tooth is 7in (18cm) in length and is expected to fetch £30,000-50,000 [...]

eBay U.K. has teamed with the Intellectual Property Office in the UK to combat counterfeiting and piracy on its site.
eBay is after the support of rights owners, anti-piracy units and representatives from the music, film and computer games industry, including FACT, the BPI and ELSPA, to work more closely with the eBay to tackle the [...]

An extraordinary collection of over 3,500 rare butterfly specimens, previously hidden in archives at Harrow School in England, and re-discovered by a Japanese schoolboy, Hitoshi Takano, will go on sale at auction house, Bonhams, in London on 27th May.
Old Harrovian, Hitoshi Takano stumbled upon the Rothschild-Peebles (Harrow) Butterfly Collection aged 13, when putting together an [...]

An unseen Romanov Family Album of Informal Photographs by the Grand Duchess Eleonor of Hesse and the Rhine of the Tsar’s family has come to light and will be sold at Bloomsbury Auctions on 25th – 26th March 2009 in London. Fresh to the market, this fascinating piece of visual history is estimated £600-800 and [...]

A rare Rolex stainless steel Oyster Perpetual Submariner bracelet watch circa 1960 will be going under the hammer in April at Birmingham based auctioneers Fellows & Sons.
The watch, a 5513 model fitted with a 1530 calibre movement is still contained in its original box with outer card case and receipt. It will be auctioned together [...]

A gem-encrusted gold finial from the octagonal golden throne of Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, will be sold at Bonhams New Bond Street on 2nd April. This is one of the most important Tipu items ever to appear for sale. It had lain in an English castle, for at least 100 years and then [...]

A rare Rolex deep sea diving watch is being auctioned by Birmingham auctioneers and valuers Fellows & Sons on Monday 6th April. The gentlemen’s Rolex “Double Red” Sea-Dweller circa 1977 can withstand depths of up to 610m (2000ft).
The Rolex Sea-Dweller was originally created in response to technical problems being experienced by divers at the French [...]

The auction of collectors items at Charterhouse in Sherborne on Friday 27th March has one of their best ever selection of coins, medals, stamps and militaria amongst the sale of 750 lots.
“Our collectors sales are always popular, with postcards, clocks, stamps, the weird and the wonderful, but this time we have a fantastic group [...]

Bonhams is to offer for sale an airworthy two-seater Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire aircraft, estimated value £1.5 million, on 20th April at the RAF Museum, Hendon, London.
This will be the second iconic World War Two Spitfire that Bonhams has offered within just seven months. Last September the auction house sold a non-airworthy 1945 Supermarine Spitfire for a [...]

More than 500 bank and lender repossessed homes in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will be sold at five separate events running from 31 March to 5 April.
This series of auctions represent REDC’s first foray into the UK auction market.
The auction schedule is as follows:
31 March – Hilton Newcastle Gateshead Hotel;
1 April – Leeds [...]

Bonhams Printed Books and Manuscripts sale on 24th March includes the score for the Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho.
This sale provides a unique opportunity to acquire an iconic cinematic score appearing on the market for the first time. Bernard Herrmann is widely celebrated as the most distinguished musical contributor to the world of film, especially through [...]

Onslows Auctioneers will offer the Austin Reed collection of posters and original designs by 1930s British designer Tom Purvis on Thursday, April 2. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live-bidding services for the event.
The collection numbers some 20 designs that were for many years displayed in the firm’s flagship clothing store in London’s Regent Street. Saleroom estimates [...]