The APRS Sound Fellowships Awards Lunch 2014 takes place on Tuesday, November 18th, and as part of the event, which takes places at the Roof Gardens in Kensington, London, there are six notable personalities from the world of music receiving recognition for their efforts over the years.

The APRS’s annual celebration, hosted by Sir George Martin, sees the award of the APRS Sound Fellowship to individuals who have made a 'significant contribution to the art, science or business of sound recording.'

This year the association is recognising:

• Colette Barber - Studio Manager, Abbey Road Studios
• Mutt Lange - British record producer and songwriter
• Jim Marshall (Dcd) - Master of ‘Loud’, Marshall amps and speakers designer
• Al Schmitt - US recording engineer,producer, mixer. TEC Hall of Fame, Grammy Trustees Lifetime Achievement Award
• Roger Waters - British singer, songwriter, composer, co-founder of Pink Floyd
• Lamont Dozier - Famous Motown writer/producer

Tickets for the event are now on sale, from £90 + VAT for Fellowship Academy members, through to £120 + VAT for non-members. These prices include lunch and drinks.

Earlier this month, we told you that Nick Mason had designed one of 50 Paddington Bear statues, giving the children's book (and now film) character a smart suit and briefcase - as seen on Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here.

Nick's bear statue is situated at the O2 Arena, in Greenwich, London, and as with the other 49 statues was commissioned to help raise funds for the UK charity, the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children).

BD reader Jon Harris was there last night, and took a couple of pictures, which he kindly shares with us all here...

On Monday December 8th, artist Gerald Scarfe is taking part in a fundraising auction, offering a unique, one-off copy of his fascinating book The Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall, which was published (in paperback) three years ago this month.

The auction - First Editions: Redrawn - in partnership with Sotheby's, is being held to support House of Illustration. They moved into their new home this summer, and the artistic and educational potential of the new space is even more exciting than predicted, but they need funding to fulfil its potential. For the auction, Sotheby's has very generously waived all sale commission. Thirty-four acclaimed illustrators – and some authors – have returned to one of their classic books, adding extra illustrations, comments on existing drawings and personal insights about the motivation behind characters.

The Wall book (as you'll know from our review) is a bit of an essential, and the edition on offer in the auction is a true "one-off". It is a first edition with numerous annotations and illustrations inserted and added by Scarfe, including a heavily amended dust-jacket.

The auction will be held at Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA at 7.30pm (doors open at 7.15pm) on December 8th. For more information on the Scarfe lot and all other artists taking part, go to the House of Illustration web site. There, you will find a 15MB PDF of the fully illustrated catalogue through this link.

Syd Barrett's Warriors mosaic, one of his earliest surviving authentic artworks, is up for auction on eBay by the person who bought it at the time of The City Wakes, the tribute to Barrett held in Cambridge, in 2008.

The auction, which ends next Saturday evening (November 22nd), is a very rare chance of owning a genuine piece of Barrett artwork. Dating from 1961-63, it is constructed from hand-cut glass on painted plaster, and has been specially framed. The starting price of the auction is not cheap, but this is one of just 48 pieces of his artwork known to exist, and as the eBay listing shows, was pricey in the first place and has been carefully framed and protected from the elements.

A great opportunity for the (probably fairly wealthy) Barrett fans out there to own an unique piece. Bids, more details, more pictures, and video footage can all be found through this direct link.