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The world of stamps can feel quite intimidating to the outsider.  It shouldn’t. I’ve never met a stamp collector who isn’t keen - sometimes too kee...

Sadly, you can’t give the gift of a Beatles reunion to Fab Four fans this Christmas, though an AI or holographic meeting of the original members su...

The best Christmas gifts are simply the things you love.  They may or may not be Christmassy.  And in the collectibles world that means something t...

If you’d like some legitimate French ruling-family jewellery you should head to Geneva next month to view the very sparkly Napoleonic hatpin that i...

We’re obliged to use terms like “daring”, “daylight robbery” and “stolen to order” around the theft of over £75 million-worth of French royal and i...

The Greek government has celebrated the return of 29 looted antiquities from New York as vindication of its intensified campaign against internatio...

A major new museum opened its doors in Street, Somerset last month giving visitors an unprecedented journey through two centuries of British shoema...

The British Museum has launched an urgent £3.5 million appeal to prevent a remarkable piece of Tudor history from disappearing into private hands. ...

Jack Kerouac might just qualify for the hyperbolic title: “the wild man of American letters.” He did live fast, and, sadly, he did die young, in 19...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so you’ll excuse a journey into our personal taste here.  But, perhaps this is a timely invitation to appreci...

When I go to watch my team play football there’s a big sign on the the stand: “side before self”.  But, when we go to sports collectibles market it...