The Incredulous Price Of Musical Manuscripts Sold At Auction

Posted on 28 March 2023

Ever since the earliest methods of notating music were devised, composers and scribes have written out music by hand. First on vellum in the medieval period,  and...

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Philatelist wish list

Posted on 27 June 2021

Stamp collecting You may have seen the news recently as the worlds most valuable stamp recently sold in auction. Whilst the headlines say it ‘fell...

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Gold Coin testing

Posted on 09 June 2021

How to correctly test gold coins. For as long as gold has had any worth, there have been people who tried to make it themselves,...

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The Worlds Biggest Gold Mines

Posted on 16 April 2021

The South Deep Gold Mine is the largest gold mine in the world, - going by  its gold reserves. Located 45km south-west of Johannesburg in the...

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UK Gold?

Posted on 22 March 2021

Is there ‘Gold in them there hills’ in the UK? Has there ever been?    If panning for gold makes you think of pioneers in...

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Chapter and Verse. The world’s most expensive books.

Posted on 23 February 2021

You may have noticed on our link to Antiques we use an image of antique books. Rare and limited edition books are incredibly valuable and...

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Expensive – and stolen!

Posted on 31 July 2020

Luxury lifestyle and luxury items always come with a security risk. Check out our list of some of the most expensive things that have actually been...

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Billionaires and their choice of cars

Posted on 09 July 2020

Exactly what do those at the very top end of the luxury lifestyle drive? Do they drive or are they driven? And what would you...

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Hidden Gems

Posted on 02 July 2020

You might read about it in a novel or see it in the movies, but does it actually happen - do people stumble across rare...

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