Mellors & Kirk
Mellors & Kirk are an auction house based in Nottingham. It was founded in 1993 by Nigel Kirk and Nicholas Mellors and holds regular antiques and collectors’ sales which include categories such as jewellery, watches, books, militaria, ceramics, paintings, furniture and vintage toys, as well as quarterly fine art sales.
Their sales and valuation days have featured on episodes of the BBC antiques show Flog It!.
The firm also operates from a consignment and valuation office in the High Street in Bridgnorth, Shropshire.
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George II chandelier among the five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
15 February 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week includes a George II chandelier and an architecture model of the Piazza del Duomo in Pisa.
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Spoilum portrait sells at 19-times estimate in Nottingham
11 February 2019An oval oil portrait painted by the Chinese artist Spoilum (fl.1785-1805) depicting Captain George Delanoe, a 1st Lieutenant and Commander of HMS Repulse, drew fervent interest at Mellors & Kirk's latest sale in Nottingham.
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Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Byron silhouette and a 1960s jukebox
04 February 2019With estimates from £100-3000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
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Seven fabulous gadgets and machines to buy at auction
25 January 2019Contraptions from the past can be fascinating, whether designed to save time or entertain.
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Five lots to watch at auction this week including Dirk Bogarde's pietra dura table and a Zulu War shield
07 January 2019With estimates from £50 to £25,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
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What lots caught bidders’ eyes this week? Five auction highlights including a Renaissance revival ewer and a vodka-drinking Russian
07 December 2018ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week include a piece by the ‘crystal king of England’, a Japanese style sword, a vodka-drinking Russian figure and a Renaissance revival ewer.
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Five lots to watch at auction this week (November 26-December 2, 2018) including royal rosewood chairs and a Shakespeare pendant
26 November 2018From a spy camera and royal rosewood chairs to a Shakespeare pendant, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
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Box clever: Five boxes coming up at auction this month
16 November 2018Whether you are a collector of silver boxes or cigarette cases, a variety of shapes and sizes are on offer at auction. Here is a selection coming up at auction next week.
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Signature of John Sell Cotman is key note to £20,000 result
15 October 2018This watercolour bearing the signature of Norwich School artist John Sell Cotman (1782-1842) attracted a flurry of bids when it went under the hammer in Nottingham.
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Saleroom selection: three artworks under £1000 including a Charles Collins' view of Cornwall
25 June 2018Three modestly valued works in regional sales, including an oil on canvas of Bude in Cornwall by Charles Collins (1851-1921).
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Rare Wycliffe takes £10,000 at Mellors & Kirk
21 May 2018A 1731, first printed edition of Wycliffe’s 14th century English version of the New Testament was bid to a record £10,000 against an estimate of £200-300 in a recent Nottingham auction.
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Pick of the Week: First edition of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
10 April 2017First editions of Jane Austen’s most popular book, Pride and Prejudice of 1813, in contemporary bindings don’t come along often. But one such prize – a copy with a rather distant but nonetheless attractive family link – appeared at Mellors & Kirk (20% buyer’s premium) in Nottingham on March 22-23.
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Augustus John drawing of Jacob Epstein sells for £80,000 at Nottingham auction
23 June 2016A rediscovered Augustus John (1878-1961) pencil drawing of his friend Jacob Epstein sold for £80,000 at Mellors & Kirk in Nottingham.
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Fit for another campaigning Churchill
25 September 2013This James II or William and Mary silver-gilt travelling set c.1690 was among the exceptional pieces of English silver sold at the latest sale held by Mellors & Kirk of Nottingham.
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Rare painting of occult magician takes £7500 in Nottingham
13 June 2013A large depiction of a magician commanded significant attention at Mellors & Kirk’s sale in Nottingham earlier today.
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Another solid catch for Langley
26 October 2012Mellors and Kirk of Nottingham included a watercolour by Walter Langley (1852-1922) in their fine art sale on September 20-21.
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Provinces pack a punch with new raft of coin sales
11 April 2012WHILE London auctions saw a 25% rise in value for 2011, sales outside the capital have also been growing.
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Irish peat buckets make £24,000 in Nottingham
20 May 2009THIS pair of Irish George III mahogany and brass-bound peat buckets drew multiple bidders at Mellors & Kirk's two-day auction in Nottingham on April 30-May 1.
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The final recovery of the honourable Old Rodney
12 July 2005As celebrations abound for the most famous of all seamen, another great British admiral was being remembered in spectacular fashion at the Nottingham auction rooms of Mellors & Kirk on June 16. The subject of a fierce engagement between collectors was the so-called Rodney Jug.
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