Posts Tagged ‘auction’
The Glen Grant launches oldest ever release set to sell for £110,000
The Glen Grant Single Malt Scotch Whisky has announced its oldest ever release – with the first decanter set to sell for £110,000 at auction. The Glen Grant Devotion is a 70-year-old single malt whisky, many years in the making, and the oldest release from the distillery in its 180 years. Inspired by the reign…
Read MoreCalling Time: clock ticks on online charity auction of one-off watches
Lyon & Turnbull is set to auction off nine watches to help support cancer charity Maggie’s. The EveryWatch sale of original timepieces will take place online from 16-23 August. It features watches specially created for the sale, and includes; Christopher Ward, Fears, Isotope, Sartory Billard, Paulin, Studio Underd0g, Bamford, William Wood and internationally renowned Glasgow-based…
Read MoreFirst edition of The Hobbit found in charity shop sells for £10,000
A first edition copy of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit has sold for more than £10,000 after being discovered in a charity shop. The rare copy of the tale was stumbled upon in a back room by a manager of the Cancer Research UK superstore in Dundee. But as the store only sells items for £5…
Read MoreHarry Potter book signed by JK Rowling could fetch £1,000 at auction
A copy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child signed by JK Rowling could fetch £1,000 when it goes under the hammer this week. The special rehearsal edition, which has also been signed director, John Tiffany, and playwright, Jack Thorne, is expected to fetch between £600 and £1,000. It’s up for auction at McTear’s in…
Read MoreArchive belonging to King Edward VIII bodyguard could fetch £11,000
An archive belonging to the Scottish bodyguard of King Edward VIII could fetch £11,000 when it goes under the hammer. Edward became King in January 1936 before abdicating in December. He became the Duke of Windsor after his marriage to twice divorced American socialite, Wallis Simpson, in France in June 1937. The Duke’s close police…
Read MoreVictorian Scots Greys tankard could fetch nearly £2,000 at auction
A 19th century tankard for the Scots Greys could fetch nearly £2,000 when it goes under the hammer. The Scots Greys are perhaps best remembered for the part they played at the Battle of Waterloo. The lid of the silver peg tankard is engraved with a thistle and has a Waterloo guidon finial thumbpiece. Auctioneers…
Read MoreRare desk seal belonging to Sir Walter Scott sold for £14,000
A rare desk seal belonging to Sir Walter Scott has sold for nearly £14,000. The finely carved hand seal, set in lapis lazuli, gold and amethyst stones, is believed to date from his knighthood in 1820 and bears the writer’s family armorial. It was sold for £13,860 by auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull. The figure achieved…
Read MoreTwo rare bottles of whisky signed by King Charles III go under the hammer
Two rare bottles of whisky signed by King Charles III could fetch up to £6,000 when they go under the hammer. Bottled in 2000, the 15-year-old Laphroaig single malt were drawn from a cask presented to the then Prince of Wales to mark his 50th Birthday. The Prince then donated the cask to the Erskine…
Read MoreWhisky collection rescued from 130-year-old shipwreck sold at auction
A whisky collection rescued by divers from a 130-year-old shipwreck has sold for £3,200. The SS Wallachia sank in the Firth of Clyde in 1895 while carrying a collection of whisky and beer, with the precious cargo thought to have been lost forever. But nearly 100 years later a group of divers found the wreck…
Read MoreElements festival shines light on gold, silver, and jewellery
THE Elements festival celebrating gold, silver, and jewellery opens in Edinburgh today. Fifty makers from Scotland and the rest of the UK will be selling designer gold, silver, and jewellery at a fair. This year’s festival also includes an exhibition of award-winning work from the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council (GC&DC) Competition, which is being…
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