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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Hansons expands to three salerooms after Bishton country house purchase
19 August 2019Hansons plans to hold auctions at all three of its venues after its purchase of the freehold of Bishton Hall in Staffordshire.
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Last gasp of Romantic style before Realist
19 August 2019Drawing keen interest at Hansons (20% buyer’s premium) in Derbyshire last month was a work by Belgian painter Francois Joseph Navez (1787-1869), an artist who rarely appears in the UK salerooms.
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Prince Albert’s royal dressing gown to return to palace after auction
13 August 2019A dressing gown worn by Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert (1819-61) has been bought by the Historic Royal Palaces and will go on display at Kensington Palace.
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Take the whaleway
12 August 2019Shown below is ‘Un Baleinobus’, one of a rare series of 78 chromlitho illustrations featured on eight uncut stock cards or sheets that sold for £1000 as part of a Hansons (20% buyer’s premium) sale of July 31.
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Summer sale quest for first Harry Potter editions
12 August 2019Copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone impressed in several summer sales.
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Hansons moves into Georgian mansion in Staffordshire
09 August 2019Hansons has confirmed it has bought Grade II* listed Bishton Hall at Wolseley Bridge in Staffordshire and will hold weekly valuations at the venue.
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Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Chinese bowl, a postcard from DH Lawrence and a Charles II Scottish silver cup
29 July 2019With estimates from £200-30,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
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Welsh art, Qajar armour and a book on hysteria – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
12 July 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week includes an oil painting by Welsh artist Sir Kyffin Williams and a group of 19th century Qajar armour.
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Star Wars Tie Bomber toy found untouched in Leicestershire attic makes 10 times estimate at Hansons auction
24 June 2019The force was strong with a sale of Star Wars toys at Hansons of Derbyshire last week as 90 lots fetched a hammer total of £24,000.
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Spike Milligan-dedicated work to Harold Wilson sets record at Hansons' auction
17 June 2019In the dispersal by Hansons (20% buyer’s premium) of the collections of Harold and Mary Wilson, the book section included copies of John Maynard Keynes’ 'General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money' of 1936 and 'A Treatise on Money' of 1933.
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Design specialists Rago and Wright merge, Hansons promotes book specialist and Phillips hires US lawyer – the latest Movers and Shakers
13 June 2019A selection of appointments across the art and antiques market.
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Prince Charles original watercolour attracts attention at sale of Harold Wilson collection
03 June 2019A rare opportunity to own a watercolour by Prince Charles (b.1948) presented itself when items belonging to the former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary were put up for sale at Hansons (20% buyer’s premium).
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Tiny stamp and banknote designs adopted far and wide
27 May 2019After more than 50 years as a designer for international stamps and banknotes printer Waterlow & Sons, Leonard Douglas Fryer (1891-1965) retired to enjoyable obscurity at his home in Ilford.
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Manchester City first ever FA Cup win in 1904 marked by Billy Meredith gold watch coming up for auction
24 May 2019When Manchester City lifted the FA Cup this month they created football history by becoming the first club to win all three major English domestic honours in the same season. A watch coming up for auction from a very different era marks their first ever FA Cup success, however.
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Wilson and Thatcher – a week in political memorabilia sales
20 May 2019Collections from two former British prime ministers – Sir Harold Wilson and Margaret Thatcher – sold out at auction in the same week.
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Scarce ‘Gentleman’s Recreation’ guide from 1704 is one of several curiosities sold at Hansons
20 May 2019Discoloured, stained and in a crudely restored old binding, a scarce hunting work of 1704 was sold for a much higher than expected £1400 at a recent Hansons (20% buyer’s premium) sale.
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A Ming dynasty fan, a rare Beswick horse and a stamp archive – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
17 May 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week includes a gold paper fan signed for a Ming dynasty calligrapher that took a multi-estimate €28,000.
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Prince Charles painting, Churchill funeral memento and HP Sauce –Harold and Mary Wilson auction takes £226,000
14 May 2019Harold Wilson (1916-95) was Britain’s prime minister twice and won four out of five general elections, more than any other post-war British leader of any party.
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Six places to buy golfing memorabilia around the UK and beyond this month
13 May 2019A weekend of watching the British Masters might inspire a spate of related buying, but golf memorabilia is a perennial favourite for some collectors.
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Sidney Nolan work found in a cupboard
13 May 2019A monogram and faint signature to a botanical study sold at Derbyshire saleroom Hansons (20% buyer’s premium) revealed it to be the work of celebrated Australian artist Sidney Nolan (1917-92).
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