Bonhams grows its team in Belgium

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 January 2012 03:05 Written by External Post Tuesday, 3 January 2012 03:05

Scott of the Antarctic’s dying letter for sale at Bonhams

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 03:05 Written by External Post Tuesday, 20 December 2011 03:05

Captain Robert Scott’s farewell letter

The first of the farewell letters written in the Antarctic by Captain Robert Scott as he realised that he and his team would not survive is for sale at Bonhams Polar Sale in London on 30 March 2012. It is estimated to make £100,000-150,000.

The letter, which was found on Scott’s body in November 1912, was written on the 16th March of that year to financier Sir Edgar Speyer, honorary treasurer of…
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Great to be in town, says David

Last Updated on Friday, 2 December 2011 04:45 Written by External Post Friday, 2 December 2011 04:45

Businessman David James says that he is delighted with the “phenomenal” response he has had since relocating his company to the heart of Fakenham. Mr James opened his shop, James & Sons, in Norwich Street about a month ago, after having being based at Syderstone for three years, The shop is a utopia for collectors. It contains thousands of items including coins, stamps, banknotes, postcards, cigarette cards, old maps, books, medals and various other collectors’ items.

Mr James, well known as chairman of Fakenham branch of the Royal British Legion, said: “It has been absolutely unbelievable how well it has gone since we moved here. “There has been an enormous amount of interest and a phenomenal response from people in the townwhich is very pleasing.” Mr James opened his first shop in Norwich in 1969 after a career in the army during which he served in Borneo and Aden.

As an auctioneer and valuer he is an expert in many forms of collection and has a team of 20 consultants with specialist expertise who can give people valuations on a vast range of items.

The company sells hundreds of items on eBay and holds monthly auctions and fairs around the region.

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Unrestored Works 1953 Austin-Healey ’100′ Special Test Car Sells For World Record £843,000 At Bonhams

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 December 2011 11:05 Written by External Post Thursday, 1 December 2011 11:05

An unrestored works racing team 1953 Austin-Healey ’100′ Special Test Car, which was campaigned in period by racing drivers Lance Macklin, Gordon Wilkins and Marcel Becquart, sold for a world record £843,000 today (1 December) at Bonhams’ December Sale. The car, which was offered in ‘barn find’ condition for the first time in 42 years, was bought by a private buyer within the room at Mercedes-Benz World, Weybridge, Surrey.

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Expedia and friends team up to stop Google’s travel play

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:40 Written by External Post Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:40

A group of travel sites are teaming up to fight Google’s proposed takeover of ITA Software. The group calls itself Fairsearch.org [1] and includes Expedia, Kayak, tripadvisor, travelocity and Sabre Holdings. Google’s $700m bid for the firm has already
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Meg Whitman Campaign Shows How Not To Use Twitter

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 October 2010 03:21 Written by External Post Thursday, 21 October 2010 03:21

tsamsoniw writes “California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s campaign team attempted to share with her Twitter followers an endorsement from a police association. Unfortunately, the campaign press secretary entered an incorrect or incomplete Bit.ly
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DC Internet Voting Trial Attacked 2 Different Ways

Last Updated on Saturday, 9 October 2010 08:20 Written by External Post Saturday, 9 October 2010 08:20

mtrachtenberg writes “University of Michigan Professor J Alex Halderman and his team actually had two completely separate successful attacks on Washington, DC’s internet voting experiment. The second path in was revealed by Halderman during testimony
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Facebook security team zeroes in on Koobface hackers

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2010 08:20 Written by External Post Thursday, 30 September 2010 08:20

A Facebook security boss says police are closing in on the authors of the infamous Koobface worm. Nick Bilogorskiy, who leads the anti-malware team at the social network, told delegates at the Virus Bulletin conference in Vancouver on Wednesday that the
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‘Anti-Facebook’ project releases first batch of code

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 September 2010 03:40 Written by External Post Thursday, 16 September 2010 03:40

The open-source Diaspora project released on Wednesday the first iteration of its so-called anti-Facebook social-networking application. According to a blog post, the development team aims to work with the community to enhance and extend the software in
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Photos: Google’s Doodle team – behind the scenes

Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 September 2010 03:00 Written by External Post Wednesday, 8 September 2010 03:00

How the creatives at Google bring new looks to the iconic logo
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