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welsh

Auction News, Furniture, Peter Wilson

The fightback against the flatpack goes on

September 26, 2016

sea

Auction Highlight, Fine Art, Lawrences

A glimpse of the North East comes to the South West for sale

September 15, 2016

chorleys-2

Chorleys, Jewellery

Australian gold jewellery goes under hammer at Chorley’s

September 8, 2016

globe

Auction Highlight, The Canterbury Auction Galleries

Canterbury Auction Galleries find star for summer auction

July 26, 2016

1343

Auction Highlight, Lawrences

Plastic elephant found in garden shed rose to £900

July 25, 2016

chair

Auction News, Peter Wilson

Antique furniture fights back against flatpack

July 22, 2016

Gorringes

Auction News, Fine Art, Gorringes

Local supermarket worker discovers £370,000 Victorian masterpiece

June 30, 2016

Law

Auction Highlight, Fine Art, Lawrences

Cape Town street tells an amusing episode in life of Brangwyn

June 29, 2016

Poldark

Anderson & Garland, Books

A passion for Poldark

June 5, 2016

Coin

Auction News, Coins, Lawrences

7500 ancient coin hoard discovered in Somerset

May 31, 2016

Cheffins

Ceramics, Cheffins

Studio Ceramics command high sums at Cheffins

May 18, 2016

bags

Auction Highlight, Fellows

Fellows’ Vintage department report ‘runaway’ success

April 21, 2016

Sikh

Auction Highlight, Roseberys

Car boot sale find at Roseberys

April 20, 2016

plates

Anderson & Garland, Auction Highlight

Bairnsfather WWI humorous items up for auction in Newcastle

April 18, 2016

Lowry

Auction Highlight, Fine Art, Peter Wilson

Unseen Lowry sketch on paper napkin could fetch £10,000

April 17, 2016

vase

Asian Art, Mallams

Rhapsody in Green

April 5, 2016

Guy

Auction Highlight, Sworders

Churchill’s still head and shoulders above the rest

March 30, 2016

Harvey

Fine Art, The Canterbury Auction Galleries

Unrecorded work by Newlyn School artist in April sale

March 25, 2016

Auction Highlight, Peter Wilson

Stoke Ladies FC Trophy heads to National Football Museum

February 19, 2016

spoon

Auction Highlight, Lawrences, Silver & Plate

Frost fair souvenir spoon – not one but two at Lawrences’

February 13, 2016

court

Auction News, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury

Lord Beaverbrook house contents to be sold by Dreweatts

February 13, 2016

The Kings and Queens of colonial Australia come to Sworders

February 12, 2016

Chinese

Asian Art, Auction Highlight, Halls

Pair of rare Chinese vases discovered in Shropshire

February 12, 2016

1106

Auction Highlight, Lawrences

Cotswold School furniture at Lawrences

January 31, 2016

479

Auction Highlight, Photography, Sworders

Irving Penn headlines 20th Century Sale

January 27, 2016

Ewbank

Auction Highlight, Ewbanks, Posters

Back To The Future for film buffs at Ewbanks

January 27, 2016

Auction Highlight, The Canterbury Auction Galleries

Pauper’s ship painting on cardboard proves to be top lot

January 27, 2016

andirons

Auction Highlight, Toovey's

Sunflower andirons to be sold by Toovey’s

January 25, 2016

spoon

Auction Highlight, Lawrences, Silver & Plate

Old spoon gets its just deserts

January 21, 2016

poster

Auction Highlight, Posters, The Canterbury Auction Galleries

Lifetime collection of Kent railway posters

January 21, 2016

Auction Highlight, Fellows

Get a handle on these Hermes Birkin handbags

January 18, 2016

SPOONS

Auction Highlight, Chorleys, Silver & Plate

Irish silver set to shine at Chorley’s

January 13, 2016

Pub.

Anderson & Garland, Auction Highlight

2015 – the year of the Star Wars figure as prices soar

December 18, 2015

Auction Highlight, Lawrences

Collectors expected to show their mettle for portrait of iron Duke

December 15, 2015

interior

Auction Highlight, Mallams

Art Deco Style

December 4, 2015

1000

Auction Highlight, Posters, The Canterbury Auction Galleries

Iconic travel posters in three-day Canterbury sale

December 3, 2015

Tooveys

Auction News, Toovey's

Toovey’s to sell contents of Angmering Park House

November 26, 2015

spoon

Auction Highlight, Lawrences, Silver & Plate

‘The Spoon was bought upon the Frozen Thames 1683/4′

November 23, 2015

fellows watch

Auction Highlight, Fellows, Watches

Fellows to sell Jaeger-LeCoultre perpetual calendar watch

November 11, 2015

dscn0518

Auction Highlight, Cheffins

Bell rings in Cambridge

November 11, 2015

box

Auction Highlight, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury

Important gold box collection to be sold by Dreweatts

November 10, 2015

Bogan

Anderson & Garland, Auction Highlight, Medals

Anti-terrorism specialist medals go under the hammer

November 10, 2015

man

Auction Highlight, Ewbanks, Fine Art

Ewbank’s to sell paintings collected by tragic poet

November 4, 2015

AAA poster

Triple A on view during Asian Art in London

November 3, 2015

rat

Auction Highlight, Peter Wilson

Banksy gift proves that perseverance pays

October 25, 2015

John Lennon by Harry Goodwin

Auction News, Ewbanks, Photography

Ewbank’s to sell Harry Goodwin Collection of Photographs

October 25, 2015

Penn

Auction Highlight, Photography, Sworders

£61,000 for Irving Penn at Sworders

October 15, 2015

soapstone

Asian Art, Auction Highlight, Ewbanks

Private collection of Chinese soapstone to be sold by Ewbank’s

October 15, 2015

lion

Auction Highlight, Chorleys, Fine Art

Market freshness pushes Tiepolo lion drawing to £13,000 at Chorley’s

October 6, 2015

silver

Auction Highlight, Lawrences

Highlights in every section at Lawrence’s three-day sale

October 6, 2015

cup

Ceramics, Chorleys

Chorley’s Connoisseur Collection

October 1, 2015

bathers

Auction Highlight, Fine Art, Roseberys

Buoyant market for 20th Century Paintings

September 22, 2015

watch.fellows

Auction Highlight, Fellows

Jaeger-LeCoultre leads Fellows Watch sale

September 22, 2015

Clock JPG

Auction Highlight, Halls

Longcase by provincial maker purchased by local collector

September 22, 2015

sculpture

Anderson & Garland, Auction Highlight

Antique garden sculpture sells for £50,000 after missing finger discovered

September 17, 2015

cat

Auction Highlight, Sworders

Egyptian cat proves cream of Starling collection at Sworders

September 15, 2015

bath

Anderson & Garland, Auction Highlight, Fine Art

Norman Cornish artwork found on bath panel

September 9, 2015

knox

Auction Highlight, Toovey's

Liberty & Co Tudric range clock to be sold by Toovey’s

September 3, 2015

Lot 846 Stan Laurel letter

Anderson & Garland, Auction News

Collection of Stan Laurel letters to go under the hammer

September 3, 2015

chair

Auction News, Sworders

Collection recalls tragic Princess who would have been Queen

August 31, 2015

jug

Auction News, Ceramics, Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson Auctioneers to sell The Harold Blakey Collection of Early English pottery

August 28, 2015

medal

Auction Highlight, The Canterbury Auction Galleries

Folkestone History Society saves hero’s lifesaving medal for town

August 28, 2015

ormolu stand

Auction Highlight, Roseberys

A French affair at Roseberys

August 24, 2015

Pugin

Auction News, Sworders

Dispute over designs of parliament revealed at Sworders

August 14, 2015

NAP

Auction Highlight, Ewbanks

Lock of Napoleon’s hair found by Ewbank’s in house due to be demolished

August 13, 2015

Blue John Group shot 4

Auction News, Fellows

Extraordinary collection of Blue John to be sold by Fellows

August 5, 2015

Reproduction, © Bloomsbury Auctions

Auction Highlight, Books, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury

14th Century French prayerbook sold for £186,000 at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury

August 4, 2015

Benson

Auction Highlight, Clocks, Ewbanks

Demand runs high for work by pioneers of Arts & Crafts Movement

August 4, 2015

Moonlight

Auction Highlight, Fine Art, Roseberys

William York MacGregor reached new heights at auction

August 4, 2015

Auction Highlight, Jewellery, Toovey's

Natural saltwater pearls due to be sold by Toovey’s

August 4, 2015

dragonfly

Auction Highlight, Jewellery, The Canterbury Auction Galleries

Art Nouveau dragonfly brooch due to be sold in Canterbury

July 29, 2015

Top lot

Auction Highlight, Chorleys, Furniture

Furniture leads the way at Chorley’s

July 27, 2015

carpet

Auction Highlight, Lawrences

Bidders go flat out for a carpet

July 24, 2015

TCAG

Fine Art, The Canterbury Auction Galleries

Auction record for artist at Canterbury

July 24, 2015

Constable drawing

Auction Highlight, Fine Art, Mallams

‘Lost’ drawing by John Constable (1776-1839) found for auction

July 23, 2015

376

Jewellery, Roseberys

Jewels branded by the very best French ateliers shine at auction

July 20, 2015

opal brooch

Ewbanks, Jewellery

Jewellery attracts strong bidding at Ewbank’s

July 13, 2015

sculpture

Anderson & Garland, Auction Highlight

Sculptures by the creator of Newcastle Civic Centre’s seahorses go to auction

July 9, 2015

studies in design

Auction Highlight, Ewbanks

Dresser’s book Studies in Design to be sold at Ewbank’s

July 3, 2015

DSCN0329

Auction Highlight, Cheffins, Glass

Drinking a toast to a fine Cambridge collection

July 1, 2015

Franz-Sedlacek-

Auction News, Fine Art, Toovey's

Rare bloom uncovered at £85,000

June 29, 2015

Munnings

Auction Highlight, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury, Fine Art

Munnings leads the way at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury

June 24, 2015

Nevinson

Auction Highlight, Fine Art, Roseberys

Roseberys to sell Nevinson

June 23, 2015

Lot 14 Logan glass collection

Anderson & Garland, Auction Highlight, Glass

Northumberland farmer shows touch of glass at auction

June 22, 2015

Lot 982 Joseph Berry medals and imagery

Anderson & Garland, Auction News

Doodlebug Champion’s medals top Anderson & Garland auction

June 22, 2015

Chowdhury

Auction Highlight, Roseberys

Chowdhury drawing of Gandhi to headline inaugural Indian art sale

June 22, 2015

Frink

Auction Highlight, Fine Art, Lawrences

Lawrences to sell Frink’s soldier head

June 22, 2015

Ewbanks anniversary sale

Auction News, Ewbanks

Ewbank’s throw a party to celebrate 25 years in Guildford

June 10, 2015

Lawrences model 663

Auction News, Lawrences

German made workshop model housed in original box sold for £3000

June 10, 2015

death mask 2

Auction News, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury

Napoleon’s death mask part of Battle of Waterloo anniversary sale

June 9, 2015

Goodwin table jpg

Auction News, Sworders

Barn find Godwin table sells to London dealer H Blairman & Son

June 4, 2015

Alexander Clement

Auction News, Halls

Alexander keen to discover Asian Art treasures in his new post at Halls

June 4, 2015

Chorleys Girton

Auction News, Chorleys, Fine Art

Thomas Girtin watercolour sold for £125,000 at Chorley’s

May 28, 2015

Franz-Sedlacek-

Auction Highlight, Fine Art, Toovey's

Toovey’s to sell oil on canvas by Austrian inter-war artist Franz Sedlacek

May 28, 2015

paddle image

Auction Highlight, Lawrences

Austral Islands paddle rose to £11,800 at Lawrences

May 27, 2015

Benson wall light

Auction News, Mallams

Benson light show in Oxford

May 27, 2015

elephant image 2

Auction News, Roseberys

Roseberys to raise funds for Europe’s first elephant sanctuary

May 26, 2015

Sworders bag

Auction Highlight, Sworders

Inaugural Accessories sale at Sworders

May 21, 2015

Auction Highlight, Lawrences

A rodent in high regard

May 17, 2015

Vinyl

Auction Highlight, Ewbanks

Lifetime record collection at Ewbank’s

May 12, 2015