Auction Insights
'It must be so interesting', voiced with a hint of envy is the usual response when people hear what I do. Two reasons why stand out. Auctions are an endlessly interesting merry-go-round of art and antiques by which knowledge - I dislike the over-used 'expertise' - is both informed and broadened but also the excitement that comes from objects that are a tangible manifestation of history. I hope you enjoy this weekly blogs.
Barnum
12th March 2018Great excitement at The Auction House around a group of newly discovered memorabilia of...
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Conundrum Egg
19th February 2018A solid gold Cadbury’s egg from the 1980s was the glittering prize for cracking the ‘Conundrum’...
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Charles & Diana Christmas Card
13th February 2018Notts plumber Ernie Sherriff handed me a 1990 Christmas card from Prince Charles & Princess...
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Coins
1st February 2018In June Mellors & Kirk will be selling the remarkable lifetime collection of the late...
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November Highlights
12th December 2017The November Fine Art Sale. Highlights from a particularly busy few weeks at The Auction...
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Witold Kawalec
23rd October 2017Witold Kawalec was born in Poland and fought with the Polish Resistance in World War Two...
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Marconi
16th October 2017A small black box turned up last week, what looked like a bizarre gadget inside proved...
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George Brough
9th October 2017A little piece of motorcycling history goes under the hammer next month
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Auction Fever
3rd October 2017Last month's hugely successful Fine Art Sale saw demand reach fever pitch for the best...
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