Wilson55
Wilson55 is an auction house located in Nantwich, Cheshire. The firm dates back to 1955 and was previously known as Peter Wilson Fine Art Auctioneers.
The firm's trading name was changed as part of a rebranding in December 2020. At the same time it decided to end its general household sales and focus more on specialist sales.
Its auctions feature items in a number of specific collecting areas including Asian art, furniture, ceramics, clocks and Northern Art.
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Five lots to watch at auction this week including novelty Victorian silver, a George III tea caddy and a rare Middle English manuscript
01 July 2019With estimates from £50-90,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
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Ganymed prints boost Lowry value
20 May 2019When it comes to buying limited-edition prints by LS Lowry (1887-1976), those produced by one publisher in particular stand out above the rest for collectors.
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Howard furniture keeps on a high at auction
11 March 2019Never wholly out of demand since top Victorian upholsterer Howard & Sons began producing furniture from its Soho premises, these built-for-comfort sofas and armchairs continue to excel whenever offered at auction.
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Five musical options in tune at auctions in the UK and US
15 October 2018Five auctions coming up featuring lots on a musical theme.
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Netsuke fans look further afield
12 March 2018With Bonhams the only one of the ‘big three’ in this market, other salerooms carve out a role...
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Original letters from Nelson's captains offer memorabilia at lower price levels
31 January 2018The never-ending wave of Nelson-related memorabilia crashing in to saleroom shores brings a group of autograph letters with links to the great admiral to auction in Cheshire.
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More than 130 tins are set to take the biscuit at Cheshire auction
24 January 2018A lifetime’s collection of biscuit tins is heading to Peter Wilson Auctioneers in Nantwich, Cheshire.
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Fifth Kruger pulls £4700 in softer Beswick market
02 October 2017Perhaps the rarest of all Beswick’s output is the pit pony figure Spirit of Whitfield.
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Pick of the Week: Jewels fit for a cultured gent
25 September 2017This late 19th century necklace offered by Peter Wilson's latest sale in Nantwich is a spectacular example of Grand Tour jewellery. Most Georgian or Victorian gentlemen keen to display an appreciation of classical art were satisfied to purchase just one or two hardstone intaglios as a souvenir.
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19th century ‘Grand Tour’ necklace with Roman intaglios emerges at Cheshire auction
29 August 2017A fine example of Grand Tour jewellery comes up for sale at Peter Wilson of Nantwich this month.
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Grand Tour jewellery takes a trip to auction in Nantwich
23 August 2017A fine example of Grand Tour jewellery comes up for sale at Peter Wilson of Nantwich on September 13.
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Traditional concertinas are sound auction buys
24 July 2017Helped by a revival of interest in traditional music, the market for the best antique concertinas has accelerated in recent years. Prices for some models have trebled across the decade.
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Ceramics buyers show selective taste
30 May 2017Major dealers remain confident about the market for top-level English 18th century ceramics. At lower levels, however, the disappearance of so many dedicated collectors continues to take its toll.
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Dutch bidder pushes pram price to £1000
30 May 2017One of the surprises at Peter Wilson’s April 26- 27 sale was a tinplate clockwork pram pushed by a woman stamped Burnett Limited, London, Made in England.
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Cubist inspiration is key to ever-popular northern art
22 May 2017The Cubist-inspired oils of Manchester artist Geoffrey Key (b.1941) regularly feature at Peter Wilson (20% buyer’s premium) in nearby Nantwich.
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Harold Riley works from restaurant wall served up at Cheshire auction
21 April 2017In Eccles near Manchester in the Sixties, artist Harold Riley enjoyed the food so much at an Italian restaurant he discovered that he gave the proprietor one of his paintings.
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Lamorna Birch coastal scene takes £3400
25 March 2017Among the picture highlights of Peter Wilson’s (24% buyer’s premium) Fine Art Sale on March 2 in Nantwich was a coastal sunset scene by prolific Birkenhead artist Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869-1955).
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Trio of 1930s barn find classic cars come to auction
20 February 2017“Non-runners but ripe for restoration” is how Cheshire auction house Peter Wilson describes three 1930s cars found in a garden. It also sums up what fans of classic car ‘barn finds’ are after.
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Vintage fashion fans strut into Cheshire for Peter Wilson auction
28 November 2016An auction of the designer wardrobe of a socialite at Peter Wilson’s Nantwich saleroom attracted more than 100 people and raised £27,000.
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Peter Wilson tribal art auctions show African influence on Pablo Picasso and Cubism
29 July 2016Pablo Picasso is revered as a key pioneer of Cubism, the radical approach to representing reality that he spearheaded with Georges Braque in the early 1900s. As with so many art movements, its roots extend further back, however.
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