Charterhouse
Charterhouse are auctioneers in Sherborne, Dorset. The firm used to be known as The Long Street Salerooms and was previously owned by Phillips.
As well as sales dedicated to areas such as silver, jewellery, stamps, coins, militaria, books and antiques, there are classic and vintage car sales that take place once a month at the auction house.
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Early memorabilia gets pulse racing for cycling enthusiasts
20 May 2024Archive sold in Somerset and bugle offered in Dorset reflect the first organised cycling clubs
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Cat and mice existing in harmony: the Graham Oakley Studio auction
16 October 2023Beautiful watercolours by children’s book author and illustrator come to auction in studio sale
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Pick of the week: Railway station sign steams well above the target
02 October 2023When it comes to the value of classic railway station signs, key factors include: is the site now disused? Was it from a holiday resort? Is it an early design?
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Queen Victoria watercolours snapped up by royal trust
01 May 2023A sketch book filled with drawings by Queen Victoria will be joining more than 4000 pieces of her art at the Royal Collection Trust.
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The key to value when it comes to selling Waterloo Medals
30 January 2023With 39,000 of these campaign honours given out, which ones can generate extra demand and achieve higher prices?
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Soulages print goes to French buyer
30 January 2023Bringing international interest to a Dorset auction, a limited edition Pierre Soulages (b.1919) print generated a strong bidding contest
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Car badges make a statement at auction
02 May 2022Charterhouse (25% buyer’s premium) has been holding auctions of classic cars, motorcycles and automobilia for nearly 20 years.
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Clock salvaged from German ship scuttled at Scapa Flow re-emerges at Sherborne auction
09 August 2021On a single day in 1919 the Imperial German Navy achieved the impressive feat of sinking 52 vessels. Unfortunately, they were its own ships.
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Doulton from a farmhouse comes to Charterhouse
21 June 2021A collection of Doulton from a West Country farmhouse is included in the Charterhouse July 8-9 auction in Sherborne, Dorset.
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Walk this way for collectables
22 February 2021With all 80 lots getting away – 79 to a single UK collector – a group of walking sticks totalled more than £40,000 at Charterhouse (25% buyer’s premium).
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Bidders hope to hook a Guercino
08 February 2021Label, listed provenance and technical qualities lead to a contest to land a possible big Guercino catch.
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Classy canes draw interest in regional sales
31 August 2020This sailor’s walking cane below displays many elements of the scrimshander’s art: a whalebone shaft carved with spiral fluting, collars inlaid with shell from the hawksbill turtle and a handle carved as a dove from the tooth of a sperm whale.
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Thorburns break from country house cover
10 August 2020The contents of a country house in Exmouth turned up not one but two large watercolours by Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935), the pre-eminent British painter of ornithological subjects.
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Collectors compete for dial clock
20 July 2020Estimated at £150-200, this Georgian dial clock stormed to £4800 at Charterhouse (25% buyer’s premium) in Sherborne. Two collectors made much of the bidding.
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New hires at auction houses Bonhams, Piasa and Charterhouse
14 July 2020An update on the latest Movers and Shakers from across the art and antiques sector.
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German artist's view of Oxford from afar brings bidding at Sherborne sale
06 July 2020The German-born watercolourist and musician John Baptist Malchair (c.1730-1812) was a key figure in 18th century Oxford.
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Auctioneers in Dorset and Cornwall benefit from vendors with close links to famous artists
06 July 2020Consignments from vendors with a close connection to famous artists are always a welcome boon for any auction.
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Movers and Shakers - new appointments across the art and antiques market
10 March 2020An update on new appointments and expansions including at 1818 Auctioneers, Charterhouse and Swann Auction Galleries.
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Art Nouveau vases, Mouseman wall brackets and Great War gallantry medals – five lots to watch at auction this week
02 March 2020With estimates from £600-3000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
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The dog found in an attic: Charterhouse sells Maud Earl painting
27 January 2020Found in the roof space of a Devon cottage, an oil painting of a pointer dog in an open field sold for £3400 at Sherborne saleroom Charterhouse (25% buyer’s premium).
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