McTear's
Founded in Glasgow in 1842, McTear’s hold a wide range of specialist sales including Asian works of art, pictures, jewellery, clocks, watches, coins, silver, ceramics and glass, wine and whisky and Scottish Modern and Contemporary art.
Their current owner, auctioneer and managing director is Brian Clements who joined the company in 1987.
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How Wenlock was key to Olympics launch
23 May 2022This large iron lock and key is inscribed Presented to WP Brookes Esq by a Member of the Wenlock Olympian Class May 18th 1869.
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Kinkozan set
02 May 2022McTear’s in Glasgow conducts an Asian Art sale on June 10 where a set of 11 Satsuma plates is guided at £1000-2000.
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Chinese porcelain in demand as medallion bowls bid to 260-times estimate in Glasgow
17 January 2022Perhaps the most identifiable production of the Daoguang period (1820-50) of the Qing empire is the medallion bowl.
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Promotions, appointments and new sales – a round-up of Movers and Shakers in the UK, US and Europe
15 December 2021The latest jobs news across dealers and auction houses.
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Third Lanark remembered at McTear’s auction
08 November 2021Not all football memorabilia has to be Manchester United or early FA Cup, say, to catch the eye of buyers.
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St Tropez scene by ‘The Fifth Colourist’ John Maclauchlan Milne catches the eye in Glasgow sale
01 November 2021The artist John Maclauchlan Milne (1885-1957) is sometimes referred to as ‘The Fifth Colourist’ due to the way he followed in the Post-Impressionist tradition of fellow Scottish painters Peploe, Fergusson, Cadell and Hunter.
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Scottish ballet impresario's collection in step with decorative fashion
27 October 2021It was not to high-end purist tastes, but ballet pioneer’s collection reeled in eager bidders
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Whone works in demand, whether Glasgow or Yorkshire
18 October 2021A number of works by musician-artist Herbert Whone (1925-2011) have generated notable interest over the course of 2021.
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Knight time in the Malvern Hills
27 September 2021Modern British artist Laura Knight’s lesser-known landscape works still form a significant body of work
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New joiners and returning faces in the art and antiques sector
23 September 2021A round-up of Movers and Shakers across auction houses in the UK, Europe and US.
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Bill Hardie collection among a Celtic quartet of single-owner sales
16 August 2021Among a glut of upcoming single-owner collections on offer from Scottish and Irish salerooms, Glasgow firm Great Western Auctions will sell items from the estate of curator, dealer and writer William ‘Bill’ Hardie (1941-2021) later this month.
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Whone tram trundles to record at McTear’s
26 July 2021Growing collector interest in the work of musician-artist Herbert Whone (1925-2011) has meant his auction record price has been beaten on an almost annual basis in recent years.
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Chinese table topper from private Scottish collection sells 70-times over estimate in Glasgow
26 July 2021A private Scottish collection was the source of the-top selling lot at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow on July 2.
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Opium smoker automaton gets high result
26 April 2021Estimated at just £100-200, a rare automaton of a stereotypical Chinaman smoking an opium pipe sold for £7400 at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium).
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Large John Cunningham loch scene offered at Glasgow sale
22 February 2021Another auction house staging regular sales of Scottish Contemporary art is McTear’s of Glasgow, whose next auction in this category takes place on February 28.
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Handy combo for a Scottish picnic
01 February 2021This Victorian dirk – with ensuite knife and fork – sold for 10 times the top estimate, £2000, at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow on January 21.
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Armagnac and a rare malt emerge at McTear’s
09 November 2020A Chateau De Pomès Pédérère Armagnac distilled in 1950 is estimated at £200-300 at McTear’s Rare & Fine Whisky Auction on December 16.
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Lenci figures show sex sells
26 October 2020The latest British & Continental Ceramics & Glass Auction at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) was topped by 'La Modista Il Cappellino', a 14in (35cm) Lenci figure.
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Plaque pun pulls the udder one
31 August 2020This 12in (39cm) Portobello pottery plaque piece, c.1820, is a rare piece but one known in a number of different colour variations.
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Sales platforms for totem station signs
17 August 2020Collected by a Scottish enthusiast, 26 railway station totems – the enamel signs introduced across the UK by newly nationalised British Rail in 1948 – gained UK-wide interest at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow.
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