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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From civil war to George III via two single owner collections
18 September 2023On October 3 Noonans will sell two single-owner collections.
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Mystery manuscript identified at Cornish auction
18 September 2023One of two texts in a single volume revealed after eager bidding to be by Hungarian Jesuit
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How society folk lined up to sign a visitors’ book
18 September 2023Almost 120 years ago at 13 Bruton Street an estimated 10,000 visitors were drawn to an exhibition that caught the public attention and attracted record queues.
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Auction houses hold sales to coincide with prestigious Coinex event
18 September 2023The Coinex extravaganza brings out the big guns of the UK numismatics trade alongside continental European dealers.
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Bravery recognised by Montgomery
18 September 2023This Second World War Distinguished Conduct Medal group of five was awarded to Serjeant John Chapman of the 4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers.
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Old Masters: Off-peak service in the market
18 September 2023While the ‘peak season’ for Old Master sales in the UK traditionally falls twice a year in early July and December, coinciding with the flagship sales in the London rooms, notable lots nevertheless appear throughout the year at auctions around the country.
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Travel with Huffer and to ancient lands
18 September 2023Spink will conduct the Official Coinex Auction on September 28.
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Dutch scholar sitter comes with a princely provenance
18 September 2023A handsome portrait with a princely provenance was among a group of intriguing Old Masters offered at a Gloucestershire saleroom
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First principles: the Smiley library
18 September 2023As co-publishers and editors of Firsts: The Book Collector’s Magazine established in 1991, Robin and Kathryn Smiley’s bookshelves were brimming with choice first editions from across the broad span of British and American literature.
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Butcher Cumberland of Culloden fame celebrated
18 September 2023Among the highlights of The Premier Sale at St James’s Auctions on September 27 is this Battle of Culloden gold commemorative medal.
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Landscape restoration project draws attention in North Yorkshire
18 September 2023One of the better performing ‘manner of’ pictures of late was a landscape very much in the style of the great French Baroque painter Claude Lorrain (1600-82).
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Neil Gow fiddles on portrayed by 'Raeburn and studio'
18 September 2023Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) painted several versions of his portrait of Neil Gow, the most famous 18th century Scottish fiddler, for a number of patrons.
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Pop art at Hindman puts avocado salad on the menu
18 September 2023Hindman’s 116-lot auction of Post War & Contemporary Art on September 28 includes a classic pop art painting by Wayne Thiebaud that comes for sale from the estate of Kansas City collectors Morton and Estelle Sosland.
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Norfolk dealer’s glass collection up for sale
18 September 2023A single-owner sale from the late Norfolk glass collector and dealer Brian Watson is coming to Bishop & Miller on September 27.
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Willem van de Velde the Younger's ships sail from south London
18 September 2023A small sketch of two ships in a gale by the leading Dutch marine painter Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707) was among the lots bringing interest at Roseberys’ (25% buyer’s premium) summer sale of Old Master, British & European pictures.
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Honoré Daumier takes on the law
18 September 2023Among the lots on offer at Sworders’ upcoming Old Master, British and European Art sale is a small sketch of two lawyers by Honoré Daumier (1808-79).
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Charles III Coronation chairs consigned to Christie’s
15 September 2023The first chairs from this year’s Coronation to be sold are coming to auction… already.
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Japanese 17th century dish stars in our selection of five lots to watch in the US
13 September 2023ATG’s selection of items coming up for auction in the US includes a c.1680 Nabeshima porcelain dish from Japan.
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Killer bids as Sotheby’s shows how the celebrity sale is done
11 September 2023Sensational was the only word for it.
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Big bidding for a small prayer book: Hebrew manuscript takes five times estimate
11 September 2023An 18th century copy of Tikkunei Shabbat (an amalgam of Hebrew prayers and devotions for the Sabbath) sold for £57,000 to an international phone bidder at Hansons on September 5.
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