Mallams
Mallams has been trading since 1788 and now has salerooms in Oxford, Cheltenham and Abingdon as well as a valuation office in Burford.
In addition to conducting general sales, house sales and a biannual ‘House and Garden’ sale, they also hold specialist auctions of 20th century art, books and manuscripts, ceramics and glass, clocks and barometers, collectables, Eastern and Oriental art, furniture, paintings, silver, jewellery and watches.
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Nino’s dawn rises to take a decent price in Oxford
09 May 2022Among the works by 19th century Italian artists generating interest at recent UK auctions was a landscape by Giovanni ‘Nino’ Costa (1826-1903).
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A trio of Arts & Crafts designers in focus
11 April 2022While the market for post-war wares by Thompson’s of Kilburn – particularly the animal and figure carvings – has grown substantially in recent years, the ‘prime period’ for Mouseman collecting remains the 1920s-30s.
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Firm foundation for Sarah Stone
28 March 2022Group of 18 lots sets a new level of demand and prices as recent trends drive strong interest
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Docker-Drysdale delights at Mallams
28 March 2022Many of the lots in an Oxford sale of February 23 formed part of the estate of Canadian linguistic and literary scholar, the late ‘Paddy’ Docker-Drysdale.
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‘Bulgari’ rescued from dressing-up box fate
07 February 2022Bidders backing their judgment sent two lots to 20-times estimates at Mallams’ (25% buyer’s premium) jewellery and silver sale
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First of a series of Anna Airy works
31 January 2022A versatile painter in a variety of mediums, Anna Airy (1882- 1964) was considered by some to be among the most gifted artists of her day.
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Macaw blimey: a Sarah Stone collection for sale
31 January 2022Mallams is selling a collection of around 30 watercolours by the British natural history illustrator and painter, Sarah Stone (c.1760-1844).
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Large George Bissill group provides mine of information
24 January 2022A significant collection of works by George Bissill (1896-1973), the Derbyshire miner who enjoyed some fleeting success as an artist in the 1920s-30s but who later died largely forgotten, emerged recently at Mallams (25% buyer’s premium) in Oxford.
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Jades in demand in Dorset and Cheltenham
17 January 2022The outstanding jade offered in the regions in the October-December period was this pale celadon teapot and cover that came for sale at Duke’s in Dorchester on December 8 from a Dutch private collection where it had been since the 1980s.
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Take to the floor and do some sums in Abingdon
22 November 2021The Spanish woollen rug illustrated here was pitched at £100-200 in Mallams’ (25% buyer’s premium) Abingdon rooms on October 18.
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Danish Symbolist inspired by Rossetti and Burne-Jones
22 November 2021Few painters on the Danish art scene in the late 19th century felt a close affinity with contemporary English art. Symbolist painter Agnes Slott-Møller (1862-1937) was among the exceptions.
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‘Surprizing’ Crusoe result in Oxford
08 November 2021Top lot in a sale held by Mallams (25% buyer’s premium) of Oxford was a 1719-20, first edition set of 'The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe…', 'The Farther Adventures…' and 'The Serious Reflections…' in later but very smart bindings of red morocco gilt by Francis Bedford of London.
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Netsuke makes a stand
18 October 2021This 7½in (19cm) Japanese wood netsuke shows the standing figure of Ashinaga with his arms outstretched.
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Ming mythical beast plays the weighting game
18 October 2021This Ming period bronze weight comes in the form of a recumbent mythical beast.
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Maori pendant boosted by fine notable provenance
18 October 2021A Maori hei-tiki pendant offered in Cheltenham on September 16 had an old paper label verso stating that it originally belonged to Makoare Te Taonui.
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Bernard Kay group tests state of the market
04 October 2021The English painter and engraver Bernard Kay (1927-2021) became an established name in the 1950s-60s British art scene but he has never had much of an auction presence.
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Reaching the heights of Lawrence of Arabia at auction
20 September 2021As 1980s rocker Shakin’ Stevens once sang: ‘Green Door, what’s that secret you’re keeping?’
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Sisters' sampler skills on show at Mallams' auction
30 August 2021Samplers made by siblings or generations of the same family can attract a significant commercial premium.
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Double gourd snuff bottle sniffed out
26 July 2021Mallams’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest Asian art sale was topped at £27,000 (estimate £3000-5000) by a Qing jade double gourd form snuff bottle.
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Rare Commonwealth goblet makes 19-times estimate at Mallams
05 July 2021Mallams’ (25% buyer’s premium) Jewellery, Watches and Silver sale included this Commonwealth silver wine goblet.
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