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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Laying down Anglo-Saxon laws
21 October 2019A first portion of the library of the late Eric Gerald Stanley, a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, featured in a recent auction at Mallams.
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Rare Dante Gabriel Rossetti drawings of a father and son emerge at Oxford auction
18 October 2019Two crayon portraits of a father and son by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82) have emerged for sale at Mallams of Oxford. They date from the last decade of the artist’s life and depict his doctor Thomas Gordon Hake and the latter’s son George Gordon Hake.
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View of Indian procession marches onwards at auction
14 October 2019Views of processions, pageants and parades tend to attract special interest at auction, such as this view of an Indian procession bid to £6800 in Gloucestershire.
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Bede reprint prized for illustrious provenance
07 October 2019The first printed copy of Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica was published in Strasbourg as early as c.1475 with subsequent versions printed in Vienna (1513), Strasbourg again (1500), Haguenau (1506), Paris (1544) and Antwerp (1550).
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Alan Peters record set in saleroom
07 October 2019Underlining the market move from antique furniture to 20th century craftsman design, a 1982-83 chest of drawers set a record for a work by Alan Peters at the Modern British Living sale at Mallams (22.5% buyer’s premium) in Cheltenham.
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Diamonds sparkle in Lichfield, Oxford and Birmingham
30 September 2019A late Victorian diamond cluster necklet with an estimated total weight of 14.4cts sold in its original fitted case for £10,500 at Richard Winterton (20% buyer’s premium), Lichfield.
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Studio ceramics: Collection from the home of a pioneering gallerist offered at Mallams
23 September 2019Peter Dingley (1923-2018), who died last year aged 95, is a name synonymous with the best of modern British craft. David Whiting, author of 'Modern British Potters & Their Studios' (2009), described him as “a remarkable member of the small band of post-war pioneering gallerists who supported British ceramics”.
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Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1000 including a late Ronald Ossory Dunlop work
02 September 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales at under £1000, including a Ronald Ossory Dunlop late work.
Silver auction previews: including a George V bowl modelled on the Winchester measure
26 August 2019A selection of silver lots coming up in the salerooms.
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Bussy bird flies to five figures
19 August 2019Mid-20th century animal study contrasts with traditional ornithological work in same auction.
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Five lots to watch at auction this week including a vintage petrol pump, George II candlesticks and a model of HMS Victory
12 August 2019With estimates from £300-6000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
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Affordable art: Three works sold for £1500 or under including an Arthur Gaskin watercolour
22 July 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales at £1500 or under, including a watercolour by a designer better known for Arts & Crafts jewellery.
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Italian sculptures stand out in summer
22 July 2019Italian sculptors were the hottest property as garden statuary flourished at summer sales in the Home Counties.
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Brass bound to sell
24 June 2019The fitted interior of this William & Mary casket, below, was later but its fine brass-bound marquetry exterior with hidden lock mechanism made it the most eye-catching lot at Mallams’ (22.5% buyer’s premium) auction in Cheltenham on June 6.
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Arts & Crafts oak from the second and third generation
17 June 2019Mallams (20% buyer’s premium) offered 12 impeccably provenanced pieces by Peter Waals (1870-1937) at Oxford on May 23.
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Meet the ‘last living Surrealist’ – Desmond Morris on painting and collecting
10 June 2019Desmond Morris on his many lives as a zoologist, painter, author and collector
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Horse sense: Robert Bevan lithographs trot into saleroom
10 June 2019London’s horse dealers, auctioneers and cab-yards are among the most memorable subjects painted by Camden Town Group founder Robert Bevan (1865-1925) during the early 20th century.
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Five lots to watch at auction this week including Arts & Crafts furniture, a pendulum clock and Teddy from Andy Pandy
20 May 2019With estimates from £1000-20,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
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Six places to buy golfing memorabilia around the UK and beyond this month
13 May 2019A weekend of watching the British Masters might inspire a spate of related buying, but golf memorabilia is a perennial favourite for some collectors.
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Five lots to watch at auction this week including coronation coronets, a George III tripod table and boat race memorabilia
29 April 2019With estimates from £400-18,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
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