Chorley's
Chorley’s auction house started out as Simon Chorley Art & Antiques Ltd which launched in 2006 out of the art and antiques department of the Gloucestershire firm Bruton Knowles.
They are based at Prinknash Abbey Park near Cheltenham.

Varley the watercolour wonder
17 February 2020Group of paintings by one of the less well-known masters of the medium comes to light

Pick of the week: Purse strings open for a rare survivor
03 February 2020An early 17th century Limoges enamel draw purse attracted a flurry of bids at Chorley’s Attic Sale in Gloucestershire. Set with period portraits of a lady on one side and a gentleman on the other, the accessory has remained intact for about 400 years – in most examples the fabric has deteriorated significantly.

A 17th century purse, a Stuart Devlin silver egg and an Art Deco clock – five lots to watch at auction this week
27 January 2020With estimates from £200-3500 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.

Twentieth century portraits of notable sitters are all the rage among eager buyers
02 December 2019A spate of early to mid-20th century portraits of society figures and important personalities generated stiff competition at UK sales in London and the regions.

Spotlight on the design process
04 November 2019Ceramics, furniture, glass and figure highlights from a range of sales under same banner.

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott: An Aussie name to watch
04 November 2019A buoyant specialist subject in its own right, studio pottery appeared at a number of the recent Design sales with material by major British names selling in the expected low four-figure range.

They don’t like it up ’em…
04 November 2019More refined items are available in Chorley’s Cotswolds Country House sale in Prinknash Abbey on November 19-20 but few will attract more attention than this rare survivor from the early 1940s: a roll of loo paper featuring satirical cartoons of characters from Nazi Germany.

News makes its way from the East Indies
07 October 2019Shown below are the frontispiece and title-page of Newes from the East-Indies..., a 1638 account by William Bruton of his travels in ‘Bengalla’.

Five lots to watch at auction this week including Norman Parkinson photos, Royal Crown Derby porcelain and a 19th century jewelled Latin cross
16 September 2019With estimates from £5-6000, here are five previews of upcoming sales this week.

Buyers get teeth into ivories
09 September 2019Japanese carved ivories of a tiger and an elephant soared far above estimate at Chorley’s (22% buyer’s premium).

Southern salerooms awash with varied array of eye-catching maritime art
26 August 2019A clutch of 19th and 20th century marine and maritime pictures attracted competitive bidding in summer sales held at three auction houses in southern England.

Art and antiques from the collection of Landmark Trust founders Sir John and Lady Smith come to auction in Gloucestershire
25 June 2019A collection of art and antiques from the late Sir John and Lady Smith carries an estimate of £50,000-100,000 ahead of its auction at Chorley’s in Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire.

Chest attributed to Flemish-born London maker Gerrit Jensen tops furniture from Worcestershire manor
17 June 2019A consignment of furniture from the medieval Eastington Hall, Worcestershire, boosted Chorley’s (20% buyer’s premium) latest sale in Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire.

Your carriage clock awaits at regional auctions
10 June 2019The series of Victorian carriage clocks by James McCabe – the son of a Belfast clockmaker of the same name who came to London in the 1770s and worked at the Royal Exchange from 1804 – are typically beautifully made with exemplary twin fusee striking movements.

Thomas Mercer chronometer made in modern times doubles estimate in Gloucestershire
10 June 2019By the 1980s, Thomas Mercer of St Albans had made almost a third of all chronometers in history – including that used by Ernest Shackleton to navigate his men to Elephant Island and eventual rescue during the Trans-Arctic Expedition of 1914.

Rowlandson's racehorse auction scene sells bid to £22,000 in Gloucestershire
03 June 2019A watercolour of a thoroughbred racehorse auction appeared at Chorley’s (20% buyer’s premium) of Prinknash Abbey Park, Gloucestershire, on May 21 – 123 years to the day since it had itself last sold at auction.

Pick of the week: Gill puts WH Smith on the map
19 April 2019A large oil on panel map by MacDonald Gill celebrating the presence of stationer WH Smith on the British high street in the 1920s was hammered down at £50,000 in Gloucestershire.

Five lots to watch at auction this week including Mod Brit art, a ‘bone shaker’ bicycle and a rare map
15 April 2019With estimates from £80-30,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.

WH Smith archive of rare maps and signs heads to auction in Gloucestershire
12 April 2019A rare map of Britain and lettering for signage painted by artist Eric Gill (1882-1940) are among the lots coming up at auction from a WH Smith archive.

Tiger of Mysore title works its money magic
18 February 2019As featured on the cover of ATG No 2377, more treasures associated with the ‘Tiger of Mysore’, Tipu Sultan, are scheduled for auction in March at the Antony Cribb sale.

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