Posts by Dermot Martin
Why Hollywood A-lister Paddington Bear is trading up!
Thirty-six years ago, I was involved in a scientific caving expedition to Peru. For three weeks, I was part of a team exploring and mapping caves in the Andes high above the capital, Lima.
Read More4 childhood book inspired collectables worth serious money…
Here’s a selection of some of the more popular collectables inspired by children’s literature and some price tags that you wouldn’t believe…
Read MoreOne small step for Neil Armstrong. One giant leap for collectors
2019 marks five decades since Neil Armstrong took that “small step” onto the Moon. I remember being transfixed by the grainy TV pictures beamed live back to Earth. It was hard to believe, as a fourteen-year-old, what I was seeing.
Read MoreStand-by for a surge in Spider-Man collectables
With great power comes great responsibility’ – so check that attic ‘responsibly’ for rare ‘Spidey’ valuables among the cobwebs.
One of the biggest movies of the Summer Spider-Man: Far From Home has just had its UK release. A spin-off from all the publicity surrounding this latest film, starring British actor Tom Holland, is a boost in demand for the vast range of Spider-Man collectables.
Read MoreFive Amazing cricket relics that bowled collectors over
Cricket’s World Cup has been one of the major sporting events of this summer taking place in cricket’s great venues in England and Wales. It’s a tournament which presents a glorious opportunity for collectors and lovers of the game to grab some genuine cricket relics. Cricket creates a vast emporium of memorabilia because professional players…
Read MoreHarry Potter edition sells for £3,250 and this is why. . .
Auctioneers Vectis, based in Stockton-on- Tees, had valued the book between £300 and £500, but what made it attractive to Harry Potter fans were star-studded signatures inside the cover.
t was autographed by the stars of the movie version, including Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe. At the time Daniel was only 11-years-old
A safe bet that Peter Pan collectables will never lose their magic
Peter Pan is 115-years-old. That’s obviously a remarkable age, especially for a boy whose stated ambition was to never grow-up.
Read MoreAs we mark 75 years since the D-Day landings, we take a look at the rarest and most fascinating Churchill memorabilia…
Largely considered to be Britain’s greatest Prime Minister, it is unsurprising that Churchill memorabilia has been the commemorative of choice to mark this significant anniversary.
So, we took a look back at the wealth of Churchill collectable commemorative pieces available and we were fascinated by what we found…
The Top Beatles Collectables – All you need is love and £180,000
Fifties years on, we still feel the love for The Beatles The Beatles have a special fascination for collectors and dealers in music memorabilia. Beatlemania has thrived for five decades and is as robust as ever as recent auction of the Fab Four’s memorabilia in Liverpool proved. A copy of the The Beatles Yesterday and…
Read MoreHow to judge a book by its cover…
Clues to what makes a book valuable…
Even before the flames had been extinguished at Notre Dame Cathedral Paris in April there was a revival of interest in the classic novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo.
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