Hansons
Hansons is a UK auction house that holds regular auctions at its Derbyshire showroom in Etwall as well as at Bishton Hall in Staffordshire and Normansfield Theatre in Teddington, London. In August 2020, Hansons purchased the assets of two further UK salerooms: Charles Ross Auctioneers in Woburn and Holloway’s in Banbury.
The firm was set up in 2005 by proprietor Charles Hanson who appears on a number of antiques television shows.

Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Soviet propaganda plate
22 February 2021With estimates from £400-2000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.

Row breaks out over artist model’s estate sale
08 February 2021A row has erupted over the circumstances surrounding the auction of a collection of Modern British art in Derbyshire in December.

Work that brought colour to life
08 February 2021Influential Moses Harris work had made no appearance in auction records and sparked vibrant bidding at Hansons.

Striking a pose for nearly 50 years
18 January 2021Life model depicted by Freud, Auerbach and even Lennon amassed her own art collection

Miniature of Benjamin West by Henry Bone sells to US buyer
18 January 2021A miniature by Henry Bone (1755-1834) depicting the American artist Benjamin West (1738-1820) was among the notable lots at the recent Hansons sale.

Silver selection: Magna Carta sculptural group shines at Hansons
18 January 2021‘Exceptional’ Victorian piece that made £56,000 leads a look at recent notable sale results.

Broken and reglued but still sold at £200,000
04 January 2021A recent fine art auction at Hansons (25% buyer’s premium) included a once magnificent Qianlong (1735-99) copper-red and underglaze blue lantern vase.

Top stories this week – including news of a glued together Chinese vase going eight times over estimate at auction
19 December 2020The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a Qianlong lantern vase that was broken and reglued in nine pieces selling at Hansons in Derbyshire.

Ingenious, but the Germans smelt a rat
14 December 2020Always popular at auction, always great to write about – so no excuses needed for featuring a selection of the weird and wonderful Second World War spy and sabotage gadgets and ingenious escape devices which do appear often in sales.

Newton taken on a journey
07 December 2020English edition of the most famous scientific book of all finally ends up in German hands.

Old Angus meets miniatures at Hansons
09 November 2020Whisky big and small was a winner at Hansons (20% buyer’s premium) in Bishton Hall, Staffordshire.

Single-owner collection ‘represents something of a return to form’ for the Spode market
19 October 2020The 'Indian Sporting' series is the most celebrated of all Spode blue and white transfer-prints. This multi-scene pattern (there are 17 different designs in total) is based on aquatints by Samuel Howitt from 'Oriental Field Sports, Wild Sports of the East' by Captain Thomas Williamson, published in 1807.

Photos commissioned by Queen Victoria come to auction
10 October 2020An archive of works by photographer Alexander Lamont Henderson ((1838-1907), including those commissioned by Queen Victoria, will be offered at auction next week.

Watch auctioneer Charles Hanson selling the ‘ultimate lockdown find’ found in a workman’s garage
24 September 2020An 18th century Beijing-enamel wine pot and cover described as the ‘ultimate lockdown find’ has sold for £390,000 at auction in Derbyshire.

Hanson takes over assets of insolvent Charles Ross Auctioneers and Holloway’s
31 August 2020Derbyshire auctioneer Charles Hanson has purchased the assets of two struggling UK salerooms: Charles Ross Auctioneers in Woburn and Holloway’s in Banbury.

Two handy methods to keep score the low-tech way
10 August 2020Keeping score in the earliest days of the Football League was not as easy as checking the internet.

Two collections of football programmes at auction surge over estimates
10 August 2020While Manchester United and early FA Cup match programmes often make the big money at auction, a group on offer at a West Sussex saleroom showed that far less famous names can also make the running.

Raleigh Chopper: ‘It was the coolest of bicycles’
20 July 2020An original Raleigh Chopper bicycle that may never have been ridden has been sold at Derbyshire saleroom Hansons (25% buyer’s premium) for £1250 – more than double top estimate.

Vase designed by ‘father of art pottery movement’ makes 16-times estimate at Hansons
20 July 2020This large 16in (40cm) high baluster faience vase, sold by Hansons (25% buyer’s premium) in Teddington, is by ‘father of art pottery movement’ Joseph-Théodore Deck (1823-91).

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