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.
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Star Wars figures: The force remains strong
09 May 2022Power of the Force line was launched as the original Star Wars began to lose its shine but rarest figures still bring demand
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Sharpshooter targeted at Banbury sale
02 May 2022As famous last words go, those of Major General John Sedgwick in the American Civil War take some beating.
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Potter: battered and pristine
04 April 2022Harry Potter just keeps on doing well at auction, and Hansons (25% buyer’s premium), which has enjoyed a particularly close and profitable relationship with JK Rowling’s creation over the years, had more to offer in a March 9 sale.
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A Byzantine ring from Guilhou’s huge collection on offer in West Sussex
07 March 2022Marriage or betrothal rings of the Byzantine period depict the bride and groom with Christ who performs the marriage rite.
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Silver tankard from Canadian admirers of British pluck
31 January 2022Marked for Savage & Lyman, Montreal, c.1855-60, this silver tankard was awarded to British bare-knuckle boxer Tom Sayers.
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Toys & collectables: Mini drivers power into saleroom
31 January 2022Pedal cars are regular visitors to salerooms but rarer powered versions were also produced for children to use, partly for road safety training
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Mary Queen of Scots link to bed curtain fragment
17 January 2022Still a figure of glamour 450 years after her execution, Mary Queen of Scots was reputed to have embroidered the c.16th century fragment of bed curtain sold at Hansons (25% buyer’s premium) at Etwall on December 7.
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Pick of the week: A round the world trip in the 1560s
03 January 2022Sixteenth-century globes rarely appear on the market. So, Jim Spencer, Hansons’ works on paper specialist, had been amazed to encounter one at a valuation day in Bishton Hall, Staffordshire.
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Facts and figures: a collection formed with the "eye of a man who loved and knew his subject"
29 November 2021Amassed by the headmaster of one of Britain’s finest public schools, the Silk collection of Staffordshire portrait figures provides a fillip to an overlooked market
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From £3.50 to £1000 – car boot Edwardian table tennis bat pings its way to auction success
08 November 2021A humble table tennis bat bought at a car boot sale in Surrey for £3.50 served up a surprise at Hansons’ (25% buyer’s premium) London monthly auction on September 25.
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Never on a pitch, but Best and Beckham meet in the saleroom
08 November 2021Derbyshire auction house Hansons (25% buyer’s premium) sold memorabilia this summer worn by two Manchester United favourites of different eras: George Best and David Beckham.
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Pottery packing a punch
08 November 2021A pair of early 19th century Staffordshire pearlware figures modelled after bare-knuckle boxers Tom Cribb and Tom Molineaux who fought for a ‘world title’ of sorts is estimated at £3000-5000 in Tennants’ Autumn Fine Sale on November 13 in Leyburn.
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Yorkshire Museum buys Ryedale Roman Bronzes from London dealer with help from wealthy donor
15 October 2021A hoard of Roman bronzes discovered by metal detectors and sold at auction by Hansons in May has been sold to the Yorkshire Museum.
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A market on the move
04 October 2021Post-war and Contemporary art is increasingly boosting revenue at regional salerooms
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New departments, hires and promotions – a round up of Movers and Shakers
14 September 2021The latest jobs and expansion updates across the world of art and antiques.
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The hat fits for Lutyens
13 September 2021Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) designed a number of daring light fittings for his architectural projects – all of them rare and desirable objects.
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Football memorabilia highlights: Beckham, Best, Ramsey, Matthews and ‘the greatest fight in English football’
07 September 2021A selection of football memorabilia coming up at auction or sold recently – plus a Sir Stanley Matthews tea set from a dealer.
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Pick of the week: The face of a king about to be executed
30 August 2021It was second time lucky for a 17th century ring made to commemorate the death of King Charles I.
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From boy wizard to cat in a hat
30 August 2021New York sale maintains run of high JK Rowling prices while Dr Seuss surfaces also in UK
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House based in a cupboard draws in the bidders at Hansons
16 August 2021Such is the recent appeal of dolls’ house accessories that you do not even need the ‘house’ to put them in, it seems.
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