It's been a while coming but our May August Fine Art Sale's now live, and boy, it's a biggie at 758 lots! We'll be starting the sale with a bang, with 195 lots of Jewellery, including some beautiful rings, necklaces, brooches and earrings. A solitaire diamond ring, the round brilliant cut diamond approximately 3cts, with…
This past Friday saw a staggering array of items come in for valuation, and ultimately for auction. Our valuer was kept on his toes all day, and was very excited by the variety that kept coming into the auction house. Our next valuation day is Friday, 31st January, and is the penultimate valuation day for…
Our 20th November Fine Art sale featured some very lovely items, and one of these in particular really piqued the interest of our buyers. On Sale day there was a hush in the sale room when lot 321 came up for auction, with the anticipation being palpable in the room! Lot 321 We had our…
Our 20th November Fine Art sale is catalogued, and the catalogue has been sent to the printers - now the hard work begins! The sale features 186 lots of Jewellery, with estimates ranging from £30 to £4,000; 109 lots of Silver, including the George V table centrepiece (pictured above) estimated at £4,000 - 6,000; 113…
The deadline for our 20th November Fine Art sale is fast approaching, but it's not too late to get your items into the sale. This year's November's Fine Art sale is shaping up to be a sale of variety, with everything from fine jewellery, a beautiful Dodge Viper, silver, gold, coins, books, sporting memorabilia, medals,…
Anthemion Auctions' 20th November Fine Art Sale is looking to be an eclectic mix! We've got some very pretty jewellery, lots of silver, ceramics, Ecuadorian works of art, and an interesting mix of watercolours, oils and prints, sporting memorabilia and a 1997 Dodge Viper GTS, with personalised number plate . Whilst the sale is quickly…
The Royal Worcester porcelain factory is the oldest, continuously operating, English porcelain factory still in production today. Their impeccable craftsmanship and tailored design produces fine bone china collections of iconic British luxury tableware. The creation of beautiful porcelain items had being ongoing in Asia for centuries before and through trade the British public began to…
Donald McIntyre was born in Leeds in 1923 but spent his childhood in northwest Scotland in the small town of Garelochhead. The surrounding dramatic landscape and a local group of artists that he encountered influenced him throughout his career, guiding him in developing a palette and painterly approach similar to that of the Scottish colourist…
The earliest diamonds were found in India in 4th century BC, although the youngest of these deposits were formed 900 million years ago. When discovered, diamonds were valued because of their strength and beauty, and for their ability to refract light and engrave metal. Historically, diamonds were worn as adornments, used as cutting tools and…
The History of Chinese ceramics shows a continuous development since pre-dynastic times and this pottery is one of the most significant forms of Chinese art and ceramics globally. There are two primary categories of Chinese ceramics, low-temperature-fired pottery or táo (陶, about 950–1200 ℃) and high-temperature-fired porcelain or cí (瓷, about 1250–1400 ℃). Chinese ceramics…
