The UK Government's 5AML (anti-money laundering) legislation comes into affect for auction houses tomorrow, Thursday 10th June 2021, and all auction houses are now required to do "due diligence" checks. As such, you will now be asked to provide government issued photographic ID (driver's licence or passport) in order to bid with us, or sell…
Our 9th of December General Sale is fast approaching, and there have been a few changes from the October and November sales, to how the sale will work. Viewing will still be by appointment on Tuesday 8th December from 09:00 - 16:30, and will also be on the morning of the sale from 09:00 to…
The auctioneer is busily putting the final touches on the catalogue for our final Fine Art sale of 2020, and it's looking like an interesting & varied sale. As always, our Jewellery section takes pride of place with close to two hundred lots making it a great place to look for that early Christmas present…
Due to the recently announced "Fire Break" lock down in Wales, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone both of our November sales. Our 4th November General sale will now take place on Wednesday, 11th November at 11am. Viewing for this sale will be by appointment only on the 9th and 10th November. Please…
In light of the new local lockdowns in large parts of the UK, and the continuing challenges presented by Covid-19, we have taken the decision to do viewings for our upcoming sales by prior appointment only. Appointments for our 7th October General Sale can be made by calling us on 02920 472444, Mon-Fri from 09:00-16:30. Appointments…
Even though there's three months' time between each Fine Art Sale, the work starts almost as soon as the latest one ends, with valuation days playing a big part of getting in the items for that next sale. Every once in a while you find that little gem, that certain something that gets the blood…
In house the anticipation for the August Fine sale was high, with it being our first fine sale since we'd all come back to work. Before the cataloguing was finished we'd all made guesses about how big the sale was going to be. We all figured it was going to be a decent size sale,…
You can always count on the silver section of the sale to do well and hold its own against the other sections of the sale, and the silver in our 19th August sale was no different. The star of the silver section was a tie between lot 370 - "A large Victorian silver lidded jug,…
Our 19th August Fine Art Sale featured some rare to the market bank notes which generated incredible interest, many phone lines and bidders travelling from far and wide to be in the room to bid. There were 54 lots of bank notes in the sale, with multiple phone lines booked for every note, with them…
Wow. That's probably the best word to describe the Railwayanna section of our 19th August Fine Art Sale. We knew this was going to to be an exciting section of the sale, and the feedback we had been receiving was that there was a lot of interest within the Railwayanna collecting community. The Railwayanna section…
