Kinghams
Kingham & Orme was founded by Arts & Crafts specialist George Kingham and Moorcroft and Royal Doulton dealer Gary Orme. It held its first auction in February 2017, and opened a saleroom in the market town of Evesham in 2018.
In April 2021 the firm announced that, after a recent change in ownership, it had changed its name to Kinghams and relocated to a larger premises at the Cotswolds Business Village in Morton-in-Marsh, in the North Cotswolds.
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Famed for whimsical cats, but Louis Wain also took Futurist inspiration
31 January 2022The recent release of 'The Electrical Life of Louis Wain' starring Benedict Cumberbatch provided a topical spin to this rare Amphora pottery model.
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Exceptional examples of Victorian metalwork come to the fore at David Lay
17 January 2022Christopher Dresser created a number of daring geometric designs for silver and silver-plated toast racks in the late 1870s and early 1880s, both for Hukin & Heath and for James Dixon & Son.
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New hires and salerooms – a round up of Movers and Shakers in the UK, US and China
11 January 2022The latest jobs news across the world of art and antiques.
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Moorcroft made for American market reaches a high level
08 November 2021After the James Macintyre & Co factory was awarded a gold medal at the St Louis International Exhibition in 1904, Moorcroft pottery was sold in the US by a number of boutique retailers including Shreve & Co of San Francisco and Tiffany in New York.
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Telfer channels spirit of Peploe
01 November 2021Your starter for 10 – can you identify the artist of these still-lifes? Samuel Peploe, right?
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Joiners across auction houses and dealers – hires and appointments
30 September 2021The latest updates on Movers & Shakers in the art and antiques sector
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‘Subtle and charming’ Dawson enamel
20 September 2021The career course of Edith Robinson (1862-1929), a London art teacher and painter of chocolate box watercolours was changed in 1893 when she and her new husband, the Stamford artist Nelson Dawson (1859-1941) attended a series of lectures given by the enameller Alexander Fisher.
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Small oil now believed to be original 17th century Flemish School painting
30 August 2021A small oil painting discovered among the contents of a Leamington Spa property sold for many multiples of its estimate at Kinghams (23% buyer’s premium).
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Sly bidder bags Lalique’s rare fox
19 July 2021One of the rarest of all of the 31 car mascots made by Lalique between 1925-31 came up for auction at Kinghams in the Cotswolds.
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Classic Art Deco selection of car mascots includes six-figure result for a notable Lalique rarity
19 July 2021With their cross-over collecting appeal to the automobile market, Lalique 'bouchons de radiator' – car mascots or hood ornaments – assume their own price levels.
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Pick of the week: Exhibition history adds lustre to Pilkington vase
21 June 2021A new record for the Pilkington’s Lancastrian factory was set by Moreton-in-Marsh firm Kinghams.
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Kinghams showcases British art pottery in new venue
17 May 2021Second sale since auction house move and name change is a British art pottery success
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John Smart miniature proves big attraction at Kinghams
17 May 2021A week after Kinghams’ (23% buyer’s premium) inaugural Moreton-in-Marsh sale of British art pottery, the new Cotswolds rooms enjoyed a big hit in miniature – more specifically this portrait by one of Britain’s greatest miniaturists: John Smart (1743-1811).
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New home for a ceramics specialist and a new face at Freeman’s
17 April 2021A new home and name for a Gloucestershire auction house is among the latest updates in the art and antiques sector.
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Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the mandolin
12 April 2021Kingham & Orme’s (23% buyer’s premium) first-ever specialist auction of Jewellery & Watches took place on February 19 with just over 200 lots.
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Courting couple united by Bow
29 March 2021This rare Bow figure was spotted by English porcelain specialists at Kingham & Orme’s (23% buyer’s premium) two-day auction of Fine and Decorative Arts.
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Richard Dennis anniversary sale at Kinghams
22 March 2021An auction titled Richard Dennis: 50 Years Promoting British Ceramics (1971-2021) will be held next month.
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Great novelty value at Bellmans
15 March 2021The sale at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium) in Wisborough Green, West Sussex, on March 8-11 included an example of Alexander Crichton’s famous walrus silver and glass claret jug.
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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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Two bears show sale bite
02 November 2020The October 9-10 sale at Kingham & Orme (25% buyer’s premium) in Evesham included this rare pot lid inscribed Genuine Bears Grease.
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