Auction house to sell ancient counties cards
A RARE set of 337-year-old playing cards, including one of the first to mention Oxford, is set to fetch between £3,500 and £4,500 at auction.
Zulu battle medal expected to fetch £28,000
A RARE medal won by a Oxfordshire-born soldier killed in the battle that inspired the film Zulu Dawn is set to fetch up to £28,000.
Hockney painting sold for £447,000
A David Hockney oil painting of a hedgerow which was owned until his death by the multi-millionaire Jurassic Park creator Michael Crichton, has fetched almost half a million pounds at auction in New York.
Time to sell Boat Race clock
OXFORD University student William King was bitterly disappointed when illness forced him to pull out of the annual Boat Race against Cambridge.
Silver star Alice’s medal up for sale
An Olympic medal won by a tennis star from Bradford more than a century ago is expected to fetch up to £2,000 at an auction today.
Oxford rail poster tipped to sell for £900
A VINTAGE railway poster advertising Oxford as a tourist destination is expected to fetch up to £900 at an auction next month.
