Chorley's
Chorley’s auction house is based at Prinknash Abbey Park near Cheltenham.
It 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.
Chorley’s changed hands in late 2022, with director Thomas Jenner-Fust buying the business with former colleague and friend Werner Freundel.
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Nuggets of truth from the Kildonan Gold Rush
07 March 2022A locket that tells the story of the brief, and little known, Scottish gold rush of 1869 surfaces in Gloucestershire
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Tale of two table cabinets in one sale
21 February 2022Chorley’s (22.5% buyer’s premium) Fine Art & Antiques auction was topped at £28,000 by a 17th century Mughal ivory inlaid rosewood table cabinet.
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Rare Wright of Derby portrait reflects a tragic loss
14 February 2022Among a flurry of historical portraits coming to the regional market at the start of this year, arguably the most notable appeared at Oxfordshire saleroom JS Fine Art (20% buyer’s premium).
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Rocking horses: the mane attraction
31 January 2022Two of the main manufacturers of rocking horses – and competitors – featured in two salerooms recently.
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Harlow Rolls out a typical flourish
15 November 2021A small portrait sketch of a young boy by George Henry Harlow (1787-1819) drew lively interest at the recent Fine Art & Antiques sale in Gloucestershire.
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The Real Crown: Two collections giving an insight into royal life emerge at auction
11 November 2021For royal watchers in the saleroom, the latter part of 2021 promises to be quite a boon.
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Richly illustrated Book of Hours sells at Chorley’s
08 November 2021A great many of the lots that brought prices in the £1000-10,000 range in a recent Cheltenham sale were multiples of varying size – some running to as many as a hundred volumes – but noted here are a couple with that same Spetchley Park provenance that can be more precisely defined.
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Simple Cornish charm stands out in the salerooms
14 June 2021Naive-style Cornish art has been on a good run at regional auctions over recent months.
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Owner was key to Strong demand
17 May 2021Works from either a distinguished collection or well-known owner offered with appealing estimates are an enticing prospect at auction.
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Cloudy landscape gives a nod to Constable
26 April 2021A Constable-esque landscape turned a few heads at Chorley’s (22.5% buyer’s premium) latest fine art and antiques sale.
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Former slave who became an abolitionist, writer and composer
26 April 2021The book section of a twice postponed Gloucestershire sale – one that included the rare white Chelsea owl featured on the front page of ATG No 2486 – comprised books from the library at Spetchley Park in the neighbouring county of Worcestershire.
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Pick of the week: A rare white bird worth waiting for
29 March 2021Having postponed the sale in November and again in January, Chorley’s finally got to sell an exceptional private collection of early English porcelain in Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire, on March 24.
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Royal Red Cross for Mesopotamian service offered at Chorley's
22 March 2021The postponed January auction at Gloucestershire saleroom Chorley’s will take place on March 23-24.
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Venetian works by ‘follower of’ Canaletto make big sums in their own right
19 October 2020A high-quality veduta of Venice by one of Canaletto’s followers was the runaway star at Chorley’s (22.5/15/12.5/10% buyer’s premium) two-day auction in Gloucestershire.
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Vernacular crafts treasured for innate charm make hefty sums in the saleroom
17 August 2020Some aspects of the traditional antiques market continue to perform with zest – and ‘folk art’ is among them.
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Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1500 including a John Miller Greek beach view
10 August 2020Good art at a great price in regional sales
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Georgian card table at Chorley's stands out from the pack
04 May 2020Such has been the fall in prices of Georgian card tables that it has become the norm for auctioneers to estimate most at well below £1000.
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Here’s the real Samuel Palmer…
20 April 2020Samuel Palmer (1805-81) prints are not unusual on the market but one of two that were offered as a single lot at Chorley’s (22.5% buyer’s premium) in Cheltenham carried an interesting inscription by the artist’s son, AH Palmer.
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16th century whistle, rare portrait miniature and Samuel Palmer print – six lots to watch at auction this week
16 March 2020With estimates from £200-8000, here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
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Second chance for works from Spetchley Park offered at Chorley’s
02 March 2020Second-dibs sales at regional salerooms – those that follow after a major London auctioneer has cherry-picked the contents of a stately country house – can sometimes acquire the slighting epithet of ‘crumbs from a rich man’s table’.
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