Bellmans
Bellmans is an auction house operating from salerooms in Winchester, Hampshire and Wisborough Green, West Sussex. Managing director Jonathan Pratt holds valuation events in both the local areas as well as from an office in central London.
Bellmans hold regular antiques and interiors auctions offering items including silver, jewellery, Oriental works of art, furniture and garden statuary.
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Mahogany table sold by Winchester Cathedral stars in our pick of six auction highlights
28 January 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a George III mahogany serving table that made over 40-times estimate at Bellmans in West Sussex.
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From Bond to a snuff box: the Gilbert collections
17 January 2022Collections relating to leading British film director Lewis Gilbert (1920-2018) and his wife of 53 years Hylda (d.2005) provided very different lots for Billingshurst auction house Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium).
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Look beyond the brand to find a great chronograph
06 December 2021Enicar watches do not have the instant brand recognition of a Rolex or Omega but they do share many of the same parts.
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Portrait miniature buyers make Smart choices
22 November 2021In demand at home and abroad during his lifetime, the eminent miniaturist John Smart was an international draw at a trio of sales.
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Charles II's mistress lovingly portrayed with cupid and doves
15 November 2021An opportunity to buy a portrait of one of Charles II’s mistresses emerged at a recent Bellmans’ (22% buyer’s premium) sale in West Sussex.
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Snuff box takes 20-times estimate at Bellmans
15 November 2021Estimated at £400-600, a Meissen chinoiserie decorated porcelain snuff box took £12,000 at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium) in West Sussex.
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And there’s Moore...
11 October 2021Bellmans is selling the script and production archive of film director, producer and screenwriter Lewis Gilbert (1920-2018) on November 17-18.
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Early days of flight celebrated
27 September 2021A menu celebrating a landmark in British aviation – the first flight from London to Brighton, accomplished in 1911 – sold for £750 at Bellmans.
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Dante and Dutch Bibles among Sussex successes
27 September 2021The sale of July 15 proved to be its most successful since lockdown for auction house Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium).
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Sterlé’s rare birds soar in Sussex and Dublin
20 September 2021Combining technical mastery with recurring motifs derived from nature, Pierre Sterlé’s (1905-1978) style is instantly recognisable.
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Maltby Millennium chess set checks in at Ewbank’s
13 September 2021The studio potter John Maltby (1936-2020) created this chess set shown right for the Millennium celebrations at the New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham.
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Two pieces of furniture at Sussex auction with very different features... and prices
30 August 2021The second day of Bellmans’ (22% buyer’s premium) sale on August 3-5 included a Chinese hardwood table that catapulted way above its £1000-1500 estimate.
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Barbara Jones puts on a jolly good show at auction
16 August 2021A couple of Modern British works on paper drew keen attention at a recent West Sussex auction.
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Early Mary Fedden works gaining greater focus from bidders
16 August 2021Pre-1950s Mary Fedden works are stylistically different to her later still-lifes and coastal subjects
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Romanian artist in rare UK visit
05 July 2021Works by Grigorescu are seldom seen in British auctions but one emerged in West Sussex
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Opium pipe blows away estimate in auction of Finch collection
21 June 2021A tobacco pipe which opened the series and an opium one which ended it – interspersed by a cigar stub – met keen demand at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium).
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Binding is auction gold
31 May 2021Sold for £3000 as part of a four-day sale held by Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium) of Wisborough Green was what was billed as a gold mounted rectangular book binding, probably European and 19th century but in the 18th century taste.
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West Sussex auction house holds first paintings preview in central London
12 May 2021Bellmans will hold its first London preview when it exhibits highlights of its upcoming auction.
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Queen Victoria's ballet-style slippers to be auctioned
08 May 2021Slippers once owned by Queen Victoria will be offered at an auction in West Sussex later this month.
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