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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Wemyss collected over decades comes to auction in Edinburgh
12 February 2024Extensive array offered by Lyon & Turnbull concentrates on the first Scottish period of production
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Auction buyers get claws into Wemyss cats
29 January 2024This smiling tabby cat formed part of an extensive collection of Scottish Wemyss Ware sold at Lyon & Turnbull.
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Two rare Bessie MacNicol works appear at auction in a week
29 January 2024Works by Glasgow Girl Bessie MacNicol (1869-1904) – who died in childbirth aged 34 – are represented in many public collections, especially in Scotland.
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Allan Ramsay the royal favourite
29 January 2024The precise and sensitive portraiture of Allan Ramsay (1713-84) earned him widespread acclaim, aided by his prodigious intellect and social flair.
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Art Market: Cadell captures the Cassis light
29 January 2024Scottish Colourist likened the French port to Iona – but with more time to paint given the weather
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Major record for Alasdair Gray as apocalyptic canvas turns heads in Edinburgh auction
24 January 2024A shot in the arm for the picture market of Alasdair Gray (1934-2019) came at the start of the year when one of his most momentous paintings emerged at auction and set a major record for the Scottish artist and writer.
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Rachel Ruysch attribution bears fruit
02 January 2024One of the Old Masters attracting significant interest at Lyon & Turnbull’s (25/20% buyer’s premium) latest Five Centuries sale in Edinburgh was a small still-life that drew strong competition against a £5000-8000 estimate.
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Specialist supports brain tumour research charity
18 December 2023Lyon & Turnbull specialist and BBC Antiques Roadshow expert Theo Burrell has become a formal patron of the Brain Tumour Research (BTR) charity.
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Reminder of Rennie Mackintosh’s Suffolk sojourn
18 December 2023A group of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) watercolours and drawings were sold on behalf of the Glasgow Art Club at Lyon & Turnbull’s (26% buyer’s premium) Design since 1860 sale in Edinburgh.
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Leaving you Hungary for more
11 December 2023A wide range of eastern European works is increasingly attracting strong demand at auction
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Brilliant minds Leibniz and Wotton bring brilliant price
11 December 2023Letter from German mathematician to English scholar takes £14,000 in Edinburgh saleroom
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Back from 1910 honeymoon with a Satsuma vase
27 November 2023Yabu Meizan (1853-1934) is considered the ‘prince’ of the so-called Satsuma medium.
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Hardman jewel with a Pugin connection
20 November 2023This gothic revival gold and enamel 'artist's jewel' made by the Birmingham metalworkers Hardman and Co is very similar to one given by architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) to his third wife Jane Knill.
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Discovering Lalique’s lost wax
20 November 2023Lyon & Turnbull’s (26/25/20% buyer's premium) Lalique sale in London included six of the rare pieces made using the cire perdue technique.
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A trio of works by the brilliant Burges
20 November 2023Jade censer modified by the architect-designer for his own enjoyment returns to auction in Edinburgh
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‘Dragon’ bowls from the China trade
23 October 2023This pair of yellow ground and green enamelled ‘dragon’ bowls have Qianlong six-character marks and are of the period.
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Cedric Morris allegorical work from 1938 comes to auction
16 October 2023An allegorical bird and flower oil painted by the artist-plantsman Cedric Morris (1889-1982) in the shadow of the Second World War comes to auction this month.
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Monart Scottish and Spanish combo rivalled French art glass
02 October 2023Spanish and Caledonian talents combined to create the highly colourful Monart range
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Intaglios in abundance at Edinburgh auction
02 October 2023Grand Tour souvenirs often attract attention at auction and the buyer of this lot certainly got a sizeable helping for their money
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Reel appeal of Scottish music
04 September 2023A previously unrecorded 18th century manuscript containing 75 pieces of traditional Scottish music sold for £5000 at Lyon & Turnbull (plus 26% buyer’s premium).
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