For many years men’s watches have been a popular area of collecting. Not only are they useable but for the right make or model a very sound and profitable investment. Prices have risen dramatically in recent years, no doubt helped by the fact that watches, like clocks, do not attract capital gains tax. It is […]
Author archives: Tom Blake
Bluebird Memorabilia
It is not every day of the week that you are asked to appraise and subsequently sell items linked to Sir Donald Campbell and the famous water speed record breaking boat Bluebird but last year we were asked to do just that. The mechanics that helped build and design the boat were Ken and Lew […]
Medals Reveal An Unusual History
An unassuming Tupperware box revealed the life of an interesting gentleman. Whilst going through the contents of her parent’s house our client came across a box of medals and vaguely remembered hearing that her father purchased them from an antique shop in the 1950’s but was unable to discover too much about them. As these […]
