Canterbury Auction Galleries
Canterbury Auction Galleries in Kent are collectables and fine art auctioneers. Established in 1991, they hold regular valuation days and their auctions offer a range of items including pictures, jewellery, silver and furniture.
![img_13-7.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/105115/img_13-7.jpg?center=0.24066390041493776,0.51294117647058823&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133655094700000000&updated=07%2f15%2f2024+08%3a31%3a10)
Heart and sold: Henry VIII spoon impresses at Canterbury auction
15 July 2024A Henry VIII silver and parcel gilt apostle spoon, stamped to the stem with a distinctive maker’s mark of a heart in a conforming heart and dated London 1532, caused quite a stir when it appeared at Canterbury Auction Galleries (25% buyer’s premium).
![img_20-1.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/103292/img_20-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133606783280000000&updated=05%2f20%2f2024+10%3a32%3a08)
Actor Peter Barkworth also had a private passion for collecting
20 May 2024Despite Peter Barkworth’s very public profile his art collecting was a much more personal matter
![img_15-2.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/98372/img_15-2.jpg?center=0.1752988047808765,0.31106870229007633&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133467646920000000&updated=12%2f11%2f2023+10%3a38%3a12)
Lebenstein’s beastly work raises its head in Kent
11 December 2023An eastern European picture that commanded bidding at a recent UK regional auction was a trademark painting by Polish artist Jan Lebenstein (1930-99).
![img_34-3.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/96159/img_34-3.jpg?center=0.24315619967793881,0.24342105263157895&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133413271600000000&updated=10%2f09%2f2023+11%3a12%3a40)
Peter Cushing: fangs for the memories
09 October 2023Peter Cushing’s (1913-94) six-decade acting career featured more than 100 films furnished many fond memories – and of course provided plenty of memorabilia.
![img_26-2.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/94922/img_26-2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133382330320000000&updated=09%2f03%2f2023+15%3a43%3a52)
Metal detectorist discoveries continue to appeal at auction
04 September 2023Metal detectorists continue to be the best supply of ancient and medieval jewels onto the market.
![img_25-2.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/90135/img_25-2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133243869230000000&updated=03%2f27%2f2023+09%3a35%3a23)
Your own Lindisfarne Gospels to treasure
27 March 2023Sold at the high-estimate £3500 at a Kent auction was a German facsimile edition of the Lindisfarne Gospels.
![img_21-1.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/88394/img_21-1.jpg?center=0.25858369098712447,0.51118760757314974&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133195489130000000&updated=01%2f30%2f2023+10%3a41%3a53)
High society portraits generate enduring appeal
30 January 2023Society portraits from the early part of the 20th century retain a good following at auction
![img_39-1.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/86224/img_39-1.jpg?center=0.57738896366083448,0.46975088967971529&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133129056480000000&updated=11%2f14%2f2022+13%3a20%3a48)
Photos of Himalayan heights draw plenty of attention in Canterbury
14 November 2022Henry Lee Shuttleworth (1882- 1960) worked for many years in the Indian Civil Service.
![img_29-1.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/85654/img_29-1.jpg?center=0.33767926988265973,0.47985989492119091&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133116936630000000&updated=10%2f31%2f2022+12%3a41%3a03)
RAF: elite Path Finders lead a look at the market
31 October 2022Air Commander J Searby had a key role to play in the Peenemunde Raid targeting the V weapons factory during the night of the August 17-18, 1943, as part of the RAF’s elite Path Finder Force.
![img_42-2.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/85196/img_42-2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133104712610000000&updated=10%2f17%2f2022+08%3a07%3a41)
Old bottles contain plenty of appeal for collectors at Canterbury auction house
17 October 2022Forty years after he began identifying Victorian rubbish heaps then digging in them, a Kent collector’s faith in the saying ‘where there’s muck there’s glass’ was vindicated when fellow enthusiasts demolished estimates on scores of his old bottles.
![img_27-3.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/83672/img_27-3.jpg?center=0.42926829268292682,0.49189189189189192&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133067687240000000&updated=09%2f04%2f2022+11%3a38%3a44)
Four Quartets and a signature add up to £1750
05 September 2022A small collection of the works of TS Eliot offered in a Canterbury Auction Galleries (22.5% buyer’s premium) sale of August 6-7 included what appears to have been a 1943, first US printing of his 'Four Quartets'.
![img_14-4.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/83423/img_14-4.jpg?center=0.2877777777777778,0.5&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133062488810000000&updated=08%2f29%2f2022+11%3a14%3a41)
Victory parade in figure form
29 August 2022The Crimean War inspired many Staffordshire flatback figures - including this rare model made to mark the end of the conflict in 1856.
![img_16-1.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/81781/img_16-1.jpg?center=0.5467349551856594,0.47810858143607704&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133014102320000000&updated=07%2f04%2f2022+11%3a10%3a32)
Victorian pair took a passage from India
04 July 2022A Victorian sapphire, diamond and pearl brooch-pendant was one of two pieces with Indian roots offered for sale at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium).
![img_12-1.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/80336/img_12-1.jpg?center=0.11911911911911911,0.43736730360934184&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=132977797280000000&updated=05%2f23%2f2022+10%3a42%3a08)
Street art: The inter-war version in ceramics
23 May 2022Popular figures were created in Chelsea by husband and wife duo Charles and Nell Vyse
![img_18-1.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/80018/img_18-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=132971822350000000&updated=05%2f16%2f2022+12%3a43%3a55)
Time for a commercial break
16 May 2022Try original advertising artwork if you want to capture the atmosphere of an era.
![img_16-5.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/79513/img_16-5.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=132957946390000000&updated=04%2f30%2f2022+11%3a17%3a19)
BP battered but still four figures
02 May 2022‘Significant damage and rust’ was spot on as a catalogue description when it came to an enamel sign sold at Cotswold Auction Company (22% buyer’s premium) on February 8. It was a mess.
![London Underground poster design](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/77995/img_13-2.jpg?center=0.21183800623052959,0.26900584795321636&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=132923439600000000&updated=03%2f21%2f2022+13%3a46%3a00)
Wimbledon-themed underground poster design to be auctioned in Canterbury
21 March 2022This 1930s pencil and gouache for the Lawn Tennis Championship Meetings was a poster design for London Underground.
![img_29-3.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/77575/img_29-3.jpg?center=0.245,0.36649214659685864&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=132911338610000000&updated=03%2f07%2f2022+13%3a37%3a41)
Norman Cornish watercolour surfaces in Kent
07 March 2022An example of the work of northern artist Norman Cornish (1919-2014) appeared down south at Canterbury Auction Galleries (22.5% buyer’s premium).
![img_14-3.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/77300/img_14-3.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=132905175220000000&updated=02%2f28%2f2022+10%3a25%3a22)
Qing period cushion cover brings a comfortable bid from online Chinese bidder
28 February 2022Qing period embroidered satin throne-back cushion covers can be seen still in situ in a number of the buildings in the Forbidden City including the Hall of Supreme Principle and the Palace of Eternal Spring. Others are held by institutions and collectors throughout the world.
![img_14-1.jpg](https://gazette-eu-west2.azureedge.net/media/73148/img_14-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=132802411420000000&updated=11%2f01%2f2021+11%3a52%3a22)
Anglo-Saxon coins come to auction via caravan and bank vault
01 November 2021An “extremely rare” gold Thrymsa, or shilling, dating from 640-660 and minted in Northumbria or York, was the highlight of a pensioner’s collection of Anglo-Saxon coins sold at Canterbury Auction Galleries (27% buyer’s premium inc VAT) on October 3.
![the saleroom](/images/Top-Banner-300-x-93px_v2.jpg)
- Adam Partridge
- Studio Ceramics
- 19 Jul 2024 - 10:00 AM
- Adam Partridge London
- Antiques & Fine Art
- 23 Jul 2024 - 10:00 AM
- McTear's
- Antiques & Interiors
- 25 Jul 2024 - 09:30 AM
- W&H Peacock
- Antique Furniture, Collectables, Toys, Jewellery & Watches
- 02 Aug 2024 - 09:30 AM
- Unique Auctions
- Antiques, Jewellery, Furniture & Collectables
- 03 Aug 2024 - 09:00 AM
- Adam Partridge Devon
- Fine Art, Antiques & Collectables
- 05 Aug 2024 - 10:00 AM
![the saleroom](/images/Bottom-Banner-300-x-93px_v2.jpg)
News
-
- Art finance
- Auctions
- Brexit
- Buyer's and seller's premiums
- Coronavirus
- Delivery and Shipping
- Education and Training
- Endangered Species
- Events and conferences
- Industry data
- Insurance
- Internet
- Law, crime and regulation
- Museum acquisitions
- Museum deaccessioning
- Obituaries
- Premises and Property
- Private Sales
- Recruitment
- Restoration
- TV shows
-
- 1818 Auctioneers
- Adam Partridge
- Adam's
- Addisons
- Ader
- Aguttes
- Alastair Gibson Auctions
- Alcala Subastas
- Aldridges
- Amersham Auction Rooms
- Anderson & Garland
- Andrew Smith & Son
- Anthemion
- AntikBar
- Antony Cribb
- Artcurial
- Arthur Johnson & Sons
- Aston's
- Auction Team Breker
- Auctionata
- Auctioneum
- Babuino
- Bainbridge Adam Partridge
- Baldwin's
- Bamfords
- Barbara Kirk
- Barbers
- Batemans
- BBR Auctions
- Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
- Beaussant Lefèvre
- Bellmans
- Bentley’s
- Biddle & Webb
- Bigwood
- Bishop & Miller
- Bleasdales
- Bloomsbury Auctions
- Boldon Auction Galleries
- Bonhams
- Bonhams Skinner
- Bosleys
- Bourne End Auction Rooms
- Brettells
- Brighton General Auctions
- Brightwells
- Bristol Auction Rooms
- Brown & Co
- Bruun Rasmussen
- Burstow & Hewett
- Byrnes
- C&T
- Cambi Casa d'Aste
- Canterbury Auction Galleries
- Capes Dunn
- Catherine Southon
- Cato Crane
- Chalkwell
- Charles Miller
- Charles Ross Auctioneers
- Charterhouse
- Cheffins
- Chilcotts
- Chippenham Auction Rooms
- Chiswick Auctions
- Chorley's
- Christie's
- Clark & Simpson
- Clars Auction Gallery
- Clevedon Salerooms
- Comic Book Auctions
- Cotswold Auction Company
- Cottees
- Cowans
- Criterion
- Crow’s Auctions Gallery
- Curated Auctions
- Cuttlestones
- Czerny
- David Duggleby
- Dawsons
- Denhams
- Dominic Winter
- Dore & Rees
- Dorotheum
- Doyle New York
- Dreweatts
- Duke's
- Durrants
- Eastbourne Auctions
- Eldreds
- Elmwood’s
- Elstob Auctioneers
- Ewbank's
- Featonby's
- Fellows
- Fieldings
- Fine Art Auction Group
- Fine Art Bourse
- Flints Auctioneers
- Fonsie Mealy
- Forum Auctions
- Frank Marshall
- Freeman's
- Freeman's Hindman
- Gardiner Houlgate
- Gary Don
- George Kidner
- Gerrards Auction Rooms
- Gildings
- Golding Young & Mawer
- Gorringes
- Graham Budd
- Grand Auctions
- Great Western Auctions
- Greenslade Taylor Hunt
- Gros & Delettrez
- H&H Classics
- Halls Fine Art
- Hampstead Auctions
- Hannam’s
- Hansons
- Harper Field
- Hartleys
- Henry Adams
- Henry Aldridge & Son
- Heritage Auctions
- Hermann Historica
- High Road Auctions
- Hindman
- Holloways
- Holt's
- Hôtel Drouot
- Hotlotz
- Humbert & Ellis
- Hutchinson Scott
- Jacobs & Hunt
- John Nicholson
- John Pye Auctions
- Jones & Jacob
- JS Fine Art
- Jubilee Auction Rooms
- Juliens
- Kerry Taylor
- KettererKunst
- Keys
- Kidson-Trigg
- Kinghams
- Kings Russell
- Knights Auctions
- Knowle Auction Rooms
- Koller
- Lacy Scott & Knight
- Laidlaw
- Lawrences of Bletchingley
- Lawrences of Crewkerne
- Lay’s Auctioneers
- Lempertz
- Leonard Joel
- Lindsay Burns
- Littleton
- Lockdales
- Locke & England
- London Auctions
- Lots Road Auctions
- Louis Taylor
- Lyon & Turnbull
- MacDougall's
- Mallams
- Mander
- Marlows of Stafford
- Martel Maides
- Maxwells
- McTear's
- Mellors & Kirk
- Michael Bowman
- Millon
- Minster Auctions
- Mitchells
- Moore Allen & Innocent
- Morphets
- Morton & Eden
- Mossgreen
- Mulberry Bank Auctions
- Mullock Jones
- Nagel
- Nesbits
- Netherhampton Salerooms
- Nicholas Mellors
- Nigel Ward
- Noble Investments
- Noonans
- Olympia Auctions
- Omega Auctions
- Onslows
- Osenat
- Paddle8
- Parker Fine Art Auctions
- Paul Beighton Saleroom
- PBA Galleries
- Peter Francis
- Philip Serrell
- Phillips
- Piasa
- Pierre Bergé & Associes
- Piers Motley
- Plymouth Auction Rooms
- Potter & Potter
- Potteries Auctions
- Rago Auctions
- Railtons
- Ramsay Cornish
- Reeman Dansie
- Rendells
- Richard Edmonds Auctions
- Richard Winterton
- Ritchies
- RM Sotheby’s
- Rogers Jones
- Roma Numismatics
- Roseberys
- Ross’s of Belfast
- Rowley's
- Rushbrooks
- Ryedale
- Semley
- Sheffield Auction Gallery
- Sheppard’s
- Silverwoods
- Sloane Street Auctions
- Sotheby's
- Sovereign Rarities
- Special Auction Services
- Spicers
- Spink
- St Jamess Auctions
- Staceys
- Stanley Gibbons Group
- Sterling Vault Auctioneers
- StockholmsAuktionsverk
- Stride & Son
- Summers Place Auctions
- Swan Fine Art Auctioneers
- Swann
- Sworders
- Tajan
- Tamlyns
- Tayler and Fletcher
- Taylor's Auctions
- Tennants
- The Pedestal
- Thimbleby & Shorland
- Thomas Del Mar
- Thomas N Miller
- Thomas R Callan
- Thomas Watson
- Thomaston Place
- Thomson Roddick & Medcalf
- Thomson Roddick Scottish Auctions
- Timeline
- Toovey's
- Trevanion
- Truro Auction Centre
- TW Gaze
- Unique Auctions
- Vectis
- Veritas
- W&H Peacock
- Wallis and Wallis
- Warren & Wignall
- Watches of Knightsbridge
- Wellers
- Wessex Auction Rooms
- Whitton & Laing
- Whittons
- Whytes
- Wilkes & Curtis
- Wilkinson's Auctioneers
- William George & Co
- Wilson55
- Woolley & Wallis
- Wotton Auction Rooms
- Wright Marshall
-
- 1stdibs
- Advertising Standards Authority
- Antiquarian Booksellers Association
- Antique Young Guns
- Antiquities Dealers’ Association
- Art Business Conference
- Art Fund
- Art Loss Register
- Art Recovery International
- Art UK
- Arts Council England
- Assay Office
- Auction Technology Group
- BADA
- BAMF
- CADA
- CINOA
- Company of Arts Scholars
- DACS
- DEFRA
- DMG
- EBay
- Hiscox
- LAPADA
- Lot-tissimo
- National Trust
- NAVA
- Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association
- RICS
- Society of London Art Dealers
- SOFAA
- the saleroom
- Triple-A Auctioneers
-
- Adams Antiques Fairs
- Affordable Art Fair
- Alexandra Palace fair
- Antiques Centres
- Antiques Dealers Fair Limited
- Ardingly Fair
- Armchair Art Fair
- Art & Antiques for Everyone Fair
- Art Antiques London
- Art, Antiques & Interiors Expo
- Arthur Swallow Fairs
- Bath Decorative Antiques Fair
- Battersea Decorative Fair
- Bermondsey Market
- Book Fairs
- BRAFA
- British Art Fair
- Brussels Fairs
- CADA Fair
- Car Boot Fairs
- Clarion Events
- Continuity Fairs
- Cooper Events
- Ephemera fairs
- Fine Art Asia
- Fine Arts Paris
- Firsts
- Florida Fairs
- French Fairs
- Frieze
- Frieze Masters
- Galloway Antiques Fairs
- Harrogate Fairs
- Hatton Garden
- Haughton Fairs
- Hong Kong Fairs
- IACF
- Jaguar Fairs
- LAPADA Fair
- Lincolnshire Antiques and Home Show
- London Original Print Fair
- Masterpiece
- Miami Fairs
- Midcentury Modern
- Modern British Art Fair
- NEC Birmingham
- New York Fairs
- Newark Fair
- Newbury Antiques and Collectors Fair
- Olympia Fair
- PAD London
- Palm Beach Fairs
- Paris Biennale
- Paris Fairs
- Paris Parcours
- Paris Tableau
- Penman Fairs
- Philadelphia Fairs
- Photography fairs
- Regional Fairs
- Salon du Dessin
- Sandown Park Racecourse Fair
- Showground Fairs
- Swinderby Fair
- TEFAF
- The Open Art Fair
- The Treasure House Fair
- Winter Antiques Show
- Works on Paper Fair
-
- Alfred Taubman
- Bendor Grosvenor
- Bill Ruprecht
- Charles Hanson
- Charlie Ross
- Cornelius Gurlitt
- David Lester
- Ed Dolman
- Eric Knowles
- François Pinault
- Ingrid Nilson
- Lennox Cato
- Lord Ashcroft
- Marco Forgione
- Mark Law
- Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani
- Simon de Pury
- Sue Ede
- Tad Smith
- Tim Goodman
- Victoria Borwick
-
- Abbott and Holder
- Agnews
- Alastair Dickenson
- Andrew Sim
- Blairman
- Carter Marsh
- Colnaghi
- Daniel Katz
- Dickinson
- Fabrizio Moretti
- Ian Towning
- Johnny Van Haeften
- London Silver Vaults
- Mallett
- Mark Weiss
- Partridge Fine Art
- Petworth Antiques Dealers
- Philip Mould
- Pimlico Road Dealers
- Richard Green
- Robert Young
- Roger Keverne
- Rupert Maas
- SJ Phillips
- Wartski
-
- A Lawyer Writes
- Around the Auction Houses
- Art Market
- Auction Reports
- Bid Barometer
- Books and Works on Paper
- Dealers' Diary
- Fairs, Markets, Shops and Centres
- Features
- Front Page and News
- International (print edition)
- Interviews
- Letters to the Editor
- News in Brief
- Obituaries (print edition)
- Opinion
- Pick of the Week
- Precious Metals Prices
- Previews
- Soapbox
- Special Reports
- Then & Now
Categories
-
- Arms, Armour & Militaria
- Bank notes
- Books & Periodicals
- Cameras & Camera Equipment
- Classic Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia
- Coins
- Collectables
- Entertainment Memorabilia
- Kitchenalia
- Maps
- Models, Toys, Dolls & Games
- Musical Instruments & Memorabilia
- Scientific Instruments
- Sporting Memorabilia & Equipment
- Stamps
- Taxidermy & Natural History
- Tools
- Wines & Spirits
- Writing Instruments