Auctioneers
The auction process is a key part of the secondary art and antiques market.
Firms of auctioneers usually specialise in a number of fields such as jewellery, ceramics, paintings, Asian art or coins but many also hold general sales where the goods available are not defined by a particular genre and are usually lower in value.
Auctioneers often provide other services such as probate and insurance valuations.
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Sword ‘linked to the Lion of the Punjab’ takes a £44,000 slice of the action in huge four-day sale
24 June 2024A number of strong performers stood out in a variety of individual pieces offered in Bamfords’ (24.75% buyer’s premium) large four-day auction
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Irish art results ‘Nearly as strong as Celtic Tiger good old days’
24 June 2024Irish art sales rated as ‘very good’ despite some supply challenges as private collectors wait to consign
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Book review: The gavel man Charlie Ross in his own words
24 June 2024Most people will be familiar with Charlie Ross due to his garrulous presence on TV screens for many years, across several BBC antiques programmes.
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‘One of the grandest’ of all English botanical books blossoms in US
24 June 2024Near-complete version of a work on a grandiose scale that caused its author’s ruin comes to Chicago saleroom
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Small form recognises Lovelace the education pioneer
24 June 2024Ada Augusta Lovelace (1815-52), the only daughter of Lord Byron, is today justly celebrated as a mathematician and computer pioneer.
ATG letter: I feel I should post some praise for this service
24 June 2024I have frequently locked horns with auction houses over their increasing postage costs.
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Coffin shaped poison bottle to appear at auction
24 June 2024Prior to the Poisons and Pharmacy Act of 1908, there was no legal requirement that a bottle containing poison should carry a warning.
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Embroidered bindings boost book results
24 June 2024Most Tudor and Stuart embroidered bindings that have survived from the 16th and 17th century cover Bibles, prayerbooks, and other devotional texts.
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Franklin searchers found themselves in need of help
24 June 2024The McClure Arctic Expedition of 1850 was one of the Franklin rescue missions but ended up with the ironic fate of getting trapped themselves.
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Dickens’ gin jug packs punch at auction
24 June 2024The final tranche of items from the Tony Chapman collection of pewter offered at Bishop & Miller of Stowmarket on June 19 included this capacious Victorian lidded jug once owned by Charles Dickens (1812-70).
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Shackleton’s last voyage seen in photos
24 June 2024The list of Polar exploration ships once lost but now rediscovered grew in number recently when it was announced the Quest had been located.
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Rare Rousseau herbarium bought by Swiss institution
24 June 2024The last Jean-Jacques Rousseau herbarium in private hands came for sale at Ader in Paris on June 17.
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Menzel’s Moroccans became a timely work
24 June 2024June 2, 1878, began as a normal day in the varied life of the German artist Adolph von Menzel.
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Highlights: a recent selection of stand-out lots sold at auction
24 June 2024This recently discovered example of the iconic Bauhaus tea-infuser, designed by Marianne Brandt in 1924, on offer at Lempertz on May 15 for €200,000, was knocked down to the Hamburg Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Museum for Art and Industry) for €260,000 (£222,220).
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Olympic gold medal for Great Britain footballer a winner at auction
21 June 2024Purnell was one of Great Britain’s few Olympic football players and one of a smaller pool of gold medal winners
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Whieldon type creamware bird rules the roost at auction
21 June 2024At Gildings of Market Harborough, one little, or rather big bird took flight.
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Saxon gold sword pommel and Nobby the Celtic fertility figure metal detecting finds impress at auction
21 June 2024Metal detecting finds often prove valuable both in terms of heritage and a healthy sum at auction.
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Hockney California drawing rediscovered by Chiswick Auctions
20 June 2024A large prime period ‘California’ drawing by David Hockney, recently rediscovered by Chiswick Auctions, comes for sale this month.
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New head of Swann Galleries among latest Movers & Shakers
20 June 2024The latest jobs news across the world of art and antiques.
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Rediscovered Edward Bawden watercolour finds path to London auction
19 June 2024A watercolour by Edward Bawden (1903-1989) which was considered lost since the 1940s emerged at the latest fine art sale held at Olympia Auctions.
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