Bishop & Miller
Bishop & Miller are an auction house and valuers in Stowmarket, Suffolk. They were founded in 2015 by Oliver Miller who previously worked at Bonhams and Lockdales.
They hold regular art and antiques sales as well as specialist auctions offering items such as furniture, books, jewellery, silver, toys, ceramics, coins and works of art. They also stage timed and no-reserve auctions.
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Our pick of 12 pieces of continental porcelain appearing at auction in December
30 November 2020A special selection of European continental porcelain coming up in UK auctions and abroad.
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Chinese brush pot makes £23,000 at Bishop & Miller
30 November 2020The Bishop & Miller's (25% buyer’s premium) recent sale of Asian Art in Stowmarket was topped by two pieces of Chinese red overlay white glass: a brush pot with three ribbed bands and a scrolling foliate body and a vase with a scrolling leaf design.
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Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1000 including a Tom Scott watercolour
05 October 2020Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a Tom Scott watercolour.
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Auction previews: issue 2447
15 June 2020Fifteen upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
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More auction houses return to rostrum with online-only sales
13 May 2020Lots Road Auctions, The Canterbury Auction Galleries and Bishop & Miller are among the latest auction houses to plan a return to the rostrum and hold live online only sales.
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Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1500 including a Rosalie Emslie watercolour
23 March 2020Three works selling at regional sales below £1500, including a Rosalie Emslie watercolour.
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‘One of the best’ by Arnesby Brown
11 November 2019Like John Constable before him, the 19th century painter John Arnesby Brown (1866-1955) found endless inspiration in the low horizons and expansive skies of East Anglia. He was also interested in light and atmosphere and the effect of sunshine and shadow on the landscape.
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Bicorne bidder from the US
28 October 2019This felt bicorne hat is of a type worn by all ranks of the British heavy cavalry and most light cavalry officers until replaced in 1812 by crested helmets and shakos.
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Lloyd’s candlesticks are Suffolk cover stars
30 September 2019Pair of candlesticks light up auction with surprise result.
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Two Chinese results underpinned by cautious cataloguing
26 August 2019Bowl and chicken cup impress in Suffolk and Berkshire salerooms.
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Bronze Age shield discovery comes to Suffolk auction
26 August 2019An example of a Bronze Age Yetholm type copper alloy shield from c.1300-975BC is for sale as part of the new Gentleman’s Library Auction format taking place at Suffolk saleroom Bishop & Miller on September 5.
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The latest Movers and Shakers across the art and antiques market including new auctions in cars and collectables
13 August 2019An update on recent appointments or launches at auction houses and dealers.
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Pet food signs serve up tasty sums
03 June 2019Coming fresh to market from a corn merchant’s shop, seven early/mid- 20th century enamel signs extolling Spratt’s pet food for dogs, cats and canaries attracted UK collectors to Bishop & Miller’s (20% buyer’s premium) Stowmarket sale on May 17.
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Classic special forces beret brings a very special price
13 May 2019A classic SAS beige beret from the Second World War has sold for what is believed to be a record-breaking £17,500 hammer price.
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A superb selection of sentimental samplers
25 March 2019Among the most desirable of all needlework samplers are those associated with pupils at the Ackworth School, founded as a co-educational boarding school in 1779 by the Quaker physician John Fothergill and still thriving today.
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Elizabethan beaker is rare survivor of war meltdown
11 March 2019Silver across five centuries caught the eye at provincial sales in February.
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George II chandelier among the five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
15 February 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week includes a George II chandelier and an architecture model of the Piazza del Duomo in Pisa.
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Musical duet offering from Bowie and Sheeran
10 December 2018Musicians from different generations provided sound results at Suffolk saleroom Bishop & Miller (19% buyer’s premium).
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Auctions showcase David Bowie as musician, artist and collector
20 November 2018Not only was David Bowie a rather good musician, but he turned his talents to art as well. His diverse talents are encapsulated by two lots sold in separate UK auctions, with the first coming at Suffolk saleroom Bishop & Miller on November 10.
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Five auctions to watch this week (November 5-11, 2018) featuring Star Wars' Walrus Man, Winston Churchill's hat and an Art Nouveau poster
05 November 2018A Walrus Man Star Wars figure, a hat once belonging to Winston Churchill and an Art Nouveau poster are among our previews from upcoming sales this week.
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