Lyon & Turnbull
Edinburgh auction house Lyon & Turnbull has been operating since 1826 in Scotland. The company specialises in fine art, jewellery and antiques.
They hold about 30 auctions a year including dedicated sales such as Scottish paintings, European and British paintings, furniture, silver, books and furniture.
In 2000 the business formed a marketing alliance with US auctioneers Freeman's of Philadelphia.
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Dealer Bendor Grosvenor joins the board of Scottish auction firm Lyon & Turnbull
25 January 2017Edinburgh auctioneer Lyon & Turnbull has hired art historian and dealer Bendor Grosvenor as a non-executive director.
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Digital technology drives younger dealers and the art market in China
07 November 2016The younger generation in China is fuelling the art market and the trade must embrace digital technology to compete, according to a panel of Asian art experts.
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Carved in Russia and mounted in Scotland – coconut cup takes £8000 bid
26 August 2016This George III coconut cup with silver strapwork mounts sold by Lyon & Turnbull of Edinburgh provides a glimpse of the close relationship that existed between Scotland and Russia in the late 18th century.
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Edinburgh surgeon’s Scottish Colourist paintings give £1.23m lift to Lyon & Turnbull’s fine art auction
17 June 2016A private collection of Scottish Colourist paintings assembled by a former president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh gave a major boost to Lyon & Turnbull’s latest specialist auction of Scottish Paintings & Sculpture.
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Vase and painting reunited for Scottish auction
03 June 2016A Wedgwood vase and the painting that depicts it have been reunited for the upcoming sale of the Wood collection at Lyon & Turnbull’s Edinburgh saleroom.
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Ming stem cup takes £3.68m at Lyon & Turnbull's inaugural sale in Asia
31 May 2016A Ming stem cup sold at Lyon & Turnbull’s debut auction in Hong Kong today for £3.68m (HK$41,560,000) including buyer’s premium.
Solid annual results for Celtic auctioneers
18 January 2016Leading auctioneers in Ireland and Scotland enjoyed a solid, if unspectacular, year of sales in 2015.
The appliance of science – a discussion for Asian Art in London
28 October 2015Leading specialists will debate the use of scientific testing in Asian art at an event to coincide with Asian Art in London (November 5-14).
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Soldani bronze brings £320,000
29 April 2015This Italian baroque bronze depicting ‘Ganymede and the Eagle’ by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740) proved the highlight of Lyon & Turnbull’s recent sale in Edinburgh.
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George II bookcase takes £55,000 in Edinburgh
22 January 2015Leading Lyon & Turnbull’s latest furniture and works of art sale in Edinburgh was this fine George II mahogany breakfront bookcase c.1755 in the manner of Vile and Cobb.
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Christopher Dresser coffee pot makes £80,000 in Edinburgh
05 November 2014A possibly unique electroplated coffee pot, designed by Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) and made by James Dixon & Sons in Sheffield, proved the highlight of Lyon & Turnbull’s sale auction ‘Decorative Arts: Design from 1860’ when it was knocked down for £80,000.
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L&T appoint new directors in succession plan
13 October 2014Scottish firm Lyon & Turnbull have sought to address the age-old problem of succession planning at a regional saleroom by making a number of significant internal appointments.
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Bantry House sale postponed
24 September 2014Lyon & Turnbull have been forced to postpone the sale of the contents of Bantry House, County Cork because of delays in obtaining a licence from the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) to hold the sale on the premises. The sale was scheduled to take place on October 21.
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Scotland votes 'yes' for Brecbannoch of Columba in replica
22 August 2014With the Scottish referendum only weeks away, there could hardly be a better time to offer a replica of a reliquary which for centuries was a powerful symbol of Scotland’s national identity.
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Bantry House contents to be sold on the premises
27 June 2014Lyon & Turnbull are to sell the contents of Bantry House, County Cork, one of the best-known historic houses in the Republic of Ireland.
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Fit for an emperor at £355,000
13 June 2014The most highly regarded piece of Chinese porcelain offered during the recent round of Asian sales was seen in Edinburgh where Lyon & Turnbull sold this blue and white dragon charger for £355,000.
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Biblical scene takes £240,000 at Lyon & Turnbull
29 October 2013A major bidding competition arose in Edinburgh last week as auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull offered this Old Master painting as part of their sale of contents from Lingholm House in Cumbria.
Brontë letter doubles estimate in Edinburgh
09 September 2013An autographed letter signed from Charlotte Brontë doubled its estimate to make £24,000 at Lyon & Turnbull’s September 4 rare books, maps and manuscripts sale in Edinburgh.
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Communion cup leads Scottish silver sale at £17,000
28 August 2013This Scottish provincial George II communion cup topped Lyon & Turnbull’s latest silver sale in Edinburgh.
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Benson light show at Lyon & Turnbull
13 May 2013The highlight of Lyon & Turnbull’s sale of Decorative Arts was this copper and brass electrolier made in the workshops of the designer and architect William Arthur Smith Benson c.1900.
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