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.
Shells sell in Edinburgh
23 March 2020Containing some 600 hand-coloured engraved plates, a set of Sowerby and De Carle’s 'The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain…' of 1812-29 was just another of the many attraction in a sale last month held by Lyon & Turnbull.
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Notorious female pirates inspired later authors
09 March 2020Shown below is a plate from A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates… sold at Lyon & Turnbull (25% buyer’s premium) on February 19
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Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1000 including a typical Trevor Grimshaw work
02 March 2020Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a Trevor Grimshaw steam train.
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Bell to announce ships in Ceylon stands proud in Scotland
02 March 2020This 14in (25cm) diameter bronze bell shown here bears the insignia of the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (the Dutch East India Company or VOC), the date 1747 and the name Jaffanapatnam. It is suspended in a wrought iron frame and mounted to a large stone mill wheel.
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Pick of the week: 'Oldest accurate map of coastal Scotland' becomes auction trailblazer
24 February 2020'La Navigation du Roy d’Ecosse' by the French cartographer Nicolas de Nicolay (1517-83) is said to be the oldest accurate map of coastal Scotland.
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From fisherfolk to high society
24 February 2020The 19th century Dutch painter Jozef Israëls (1824-1911), a leading member of the Hague School group of landscape painters, was best known for his realistic and sympathetic portrayals of the Dutch peasantry and fisherfolk.
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Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1250 including a Marjorie Bruford oil
17 February 2020Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales including a Marjorie Bruford Cornish village scene.
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Pick of the week: Bidder rides off with a £56,000 Ottoman saddle at Edinburgh auction
10 February 2020The arts of the Ottoman court are performing strongly in the marketplace. The unexpected highlight of Lyon & Turnbull’s Five Centuries auction in Edinburgh on February 5 was an Ottoman saddle.
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Rediscovered picture of female artist by society portraitist Philip de László comes to auction in Scotland
04 February 2020A portrait previously unknown to the wider art market of the British female artist Isobel Codrington by Hungarian artist Philip de László (1869-1937) will be offered with an estimate of £8000-12,000.
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Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Liberty wool cape featured on BBC's Antiques Roadshow
03 February 2020With estimates from £200-5000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
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Bidders show a homing instinct
20 January 2020Private domestic demand rather than trade drives bidding at Scottish and Irish art auctions.
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Four lots to watch at auction this week including Covent Garden linocut by Edward Bawden
13 January 2020With estimates from £10-1800 here are four previews of upcoming items this week.
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Winter wonderland – vintage skiing and skating poster selection at auction
24 December 2019Christmas is around the corner and for some a spot of skiing or skating may be on the cards.
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Classic work kicks off new sale format
16 December 2019An international buyer paid £34,000 for a 15th century Netherlandish School oil on panel of the Virgin and St Elizabeth which was last on the market in 1955.
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United nations of Lyon & Turnbull
09 December 2019A central Edinburgh location, men wearing tartan trousers and kilts and a bagpiper greeting guests: three ingredients suggesting that Lyon & Turnbull has hosted the most Scottish of parties to celebrate 20 years since its renaissance as an auction house.
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Norse legend makes a watercolour wonder
09 December 2019An early watercolour by Isabel Codrington (1874-1943) depicts the Norse legend of the goddess Iduna and King Thiassi, who disguised himself as an eagle to kidnap her.
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Export chairs created from 18th century English design sell well in the modern world
09 December 2019It’s been a challenging couple of decades for classic English furniture but early winter has witnessed a few stars across the provinces, be it classic English or more exotic overseas material, to offer some gleams of encouragement.
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Studio ceramics sale gets to the art of the matter
02 December 2019Specialist Philip Smith, head of the 20th Century & Modern British Art departments at the London outlet of Edinburgh auction house Lyon & Turnbull (25% buyer’s premium), believes studio ceramics should be classed as art.
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St Ives influence strong in Lyon & Turnbull's London sale
25 November 2019Group of works from the Cornish school underpins a positive Modern British offering
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Five lots to watch at auction this week including a rediscovered Paul Nash painting, a tripod table and a rare sampler
18 November 2019With estimates from £600-70,000, here are five previews of upcoming sales this week.
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