Two shilling toy lorry from 1961 is now worth £5,520! Rare Matchbox 1916 Osram Lamps replica sells for thousands after a bidding war Toy fetched seven times its £800 estimate at Vectis Auctions in County Durham If it featured the more common metal wheels – it would only be worth about £20 The now decades-old … Read more
Two shilling toy lorry from 1961 is now worth £5,520! Rare Matchbox 1916 Osram Lamps replica sells for thousands after a bidding war Toy fetched seven times its £800 estimate at Vectis Auctions in County Durham If it featured the more common metal wheels – it would only be worth about £20 The now decades-old … Read more
A BRIT Awards viewer has pointed out the similarities between Dua Lipa’s performance on Tuesday and a rap routine by Honey G on the X Factor in 2016. And the likeness is uncanny down to the fine details of the broadcasts. Eagle-eyed Rory O’Connor has posted his mash-up of the two routines to TikTok, with … Read more
You may think electric cars are a recent invention but in fact they’ve been around since the dawn of the automobile in the Victorian era – and I’ve just had an exclusive drive in a replica of the very first one. Had it not been for the easy and practical availability of petroleum spirit, the … Read more
A blue Raleigh Traveller bicycle that once belonged to Princess Diana is up for auction. She owned it before her marriage, when she was working as a nanny. Three years ago, it sold for £9,200, and it is now expected to fetch £20,000 or more. If this sounds a little steep, you should remember that … Read more
A blue Raleigh Traveller bicycle that once belonged to Princess Diana is up for auction. She owned it before her marriage, when she was working as a nanny. Three years ago, it sold for £9,200, and it is now expected to fetch £20,000 or more. If this sounds a little steep, you should remember that … Read more
This is the moment the Razor Crest spaceship crashes in strong winds in Siberia, footage shows. The Russian climate was too much for a life-size replica of the iconic starship from The Mandalorian, the Star Wars spinoff series. The one-tonne model – 46ft (14m) in length – came a cropper in Yakutsk, the world’s coldest … Read more
This is the moment the Razor Crest spaceship crashes in strong winds in Siberia, footage shows. The Russian climate was too much for a life-size replica of the iconic starship from The Mandalorian, the Star Wars spinoff series. The one-tonne model – 46ft (14m) in length – came a cropper in Yakutsk, the world’s coldest … Read more
Scientists have been working for more than a century to decipher the Antikythera Mechanism, which is a 2,000-year-old device used by ancient Greek’s to calculate astronomical positions. Now researchers at University College London (UCL) believe they have solved the mystery of the ‘world’s oldest computer’ by building a digital replica with a working gear system … Read more
Holy handbrake turns, Batman! Museum puts road legal replica of the BATMOBILE up for sale for £30,000 An incredible replica of the iconic Michael Keaton Batmobile is set to sell at auction for up to £30,000 It was purchased by the London Motor Museum in Hillingdon where it was on display until the museum closed Now … Read more