Hand made by a family-run business in Yorkshire, this heirloom-quality luxury rocking horse is crafted from environmentally-friendly hardwood for longevity and toughness. It comes complete with a drawstring suede grooming bag containing a body cloth and grooming brush to attend to his real horsehair mane and tail.
You can even personalise your brass plaque fixed to the frame. It could be engraved with a special date or perhaps the names of the giver and/or recipients. The price includes direct delivery to the room of your choice by the manufacturers. Yours for £1,750 at John Lewis.
Suitable for 3 years and up and measures L145 x W80 x H120cm.
The Beatles Sgt Pepper drum skin used on the cover of the famous album cover has sold for almost four times the estimated price reaching £541,250 ($1.07m).
It was also a great day for sales for other famous memorabilia too as the collection, which included photos never seen in public before, fetched more than £1.5m ($2.97m) and included John Lennon’s famous lyrics for Give Peace a Chance sold for £421,250 ($833,000).
A pair of tinted prescription sunglasses belonging to Lennon, which the singer wore for the cover of the single Mind Games, raised £39,650 ($78,400) alone!
Recordings of the Jimi Hendrix Experience performing at the Woburn Music Festival in July 1968 went for £48,050 ($95,000), a Marshall amplifier used by Hendrix in concert fetched £25,000 ($49,400) and a pair of his stripy flared trousers made £20,000 ($39,550).
A 1967 Gibson guitar, formerly owned by Pete Townshend of the Who, sold for £32,450 ($64,200).
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Posted by Tom Wilkins on Wed 21st November 2007 at 04:07 PM, Filed in Luxury Antiques
It seems that classic first edition books might be a good investment judging by a recent auction at Bonhams. The auction took place last week and included a first edition Emily Bronte novel Wuthering Heights printed in 1847 which sold for a staggering £114,000 ($228,000).
Simon Roberts at Bonhams in central London said “Condition is key. Always go for the best you can afford. Shabby copies may be less than a tenth of the value of a book in pristine condition. It is particularly important to pick up a book with its original dust jacket if possible. Many first-edition hardbacks came with a dust jacket that over time was lost or destroyed.”
The Telegraph give some rather handy tips if you fancy dipping your toe in the precious book market.
