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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Baltic Service coffee can with the Nelson touch
12 July 2021A single coffee can from the Baltic Service was among the highlights of Hansons’ (25% buyer’s premium) sale on June 9, selling to a collector at £2000.
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New hires and promotions at Hansons, Dawsons and Bonhams
10 June 2021Among this week’s latest Movers & Shakers are a group of hires at Bonhams in Hong Kong and New York.
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The £36,000 tale of Maud Lewis and her $10 oils
24 May 2021A group of naive oils found boxed up during a house move drew strong interest at Hanson Holloway’s Ross (25% buyer’s premium), making a combined £36,000.
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Metal detectorists’ bronze discoveries sell for £185,000 at Hansons
20 May 2021A hoard of Romano-British bronzes, including a bust believed to represent Emperor Marcus Aurelius, has sold at Hansons for £185,000.
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Brangwyn the bachelor boy
10 May 2021From 1932-34 Clarice Cliff was the art director for a project involving nearly 30 artists of the day to promote good design on tableware.
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Roald Dahl: ‘Never shelter children from the world’
10 May 2021The Library Auction at Hansons (Bishton Hall, Staffordshire) on June 15 includes this autograph letter by Roald Dahl.
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Ritual bronzes unearthed in Yorkshire come to auction at Hansons
12 April 2021A hoard of Romano-British bronzes discovered by metal detectorists in North Yorkshire last year will be offered at auction.
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Rock ‘n’ not just a roll
05 April 2021They sang about a Champagne Supernova but ‘24 large cans of quality lager’ were more to their taste when Oasis stipulated their needs for band and crew at an early gig.
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Pick of the week: Chieftain’s fashion statement is all the rage 2000 years later
08 March 2021This copper alloy and champleve enamel brooch would once have graced the chariot of an Iron Age chieftain.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Striking a pose for nearly 50 years
18 January 2021Life model depicted by Freud, Auerbach and even Lennon amassed her own art collection
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Newton taken on a journey
07 December 2020English edition of the most famous scientific book of all finally ends up in German hands.
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