Around the Auction Houses

On February 27 the world’s oldest auction house celebrated 350 years in business.

If specialist Karl Martin was the type to take work home with him he’d be in danger of never finding it again.

Surrey auction house Ewbank’s has completed the transition of the business following the death of founder Chris Ewbank in June this year, at the age of 78 (Obituary, ATG No 2600).

Sloane Street Auctions threw a party to celebrate the opening of its new premises at 158-164 Fulham Road, SW10.

Buffy Parker is celebrating 50 years in the art market.

Auction house Dreweatts’ managing director Jonathan Pratt is swapping the rostrum for the stage this summer.

The team at the freshly re-branded Harper Field were in fine form for the opening of its brand new saleroom earlier this month.

Bamfords celebrated its move into its new premises in Spondon, Derbyshire, earlier this month with a party ahead of a busy week of auctions.

For those of us who feel tired even thinking about competing in the London marathon, Woolley & Wallis’ managing director Natalie Milsted's recent achievement is truly awe-inspiring.

ATG made a visit to Moreton-in-Marsh in the Cotswolds for Kinghams Auctioneers’ Martinware show

Brothers often share many things together while growing up. Over at Richard Winterton Auctioneers, brothers Tom and Ben Winterton also share the rostrum.

Auctioneers are taking to the airwaves to promote their businesses and demystify what happens in regional salerooms.

Congratulations to Ben Haynes, chairman of Dawsons Auctioneers in Maidenhead, who has been named Golfer of the Year by the Fine Art Golfing Society.

Death at the auction is not normally seen as good news for obvious reasons.

Tennants’ jewellery specialist, Jessica Fall, has not only passed her Gemmological Association professional qualifications with flying colours but has also won the Bruton Medal for best candidate of the year, and the Deeks Diamond Prize for the best results in the theory examination.

An increasingly hairy group of staff at Newbury auction house Dreweatts are raising money during ‘Movember’.

It might not sound like the best business model for an auction house, but Midlands firm Richard Winterton is happy to be giving away furniture for free.

The founder of Toovey’s Auctioneers has been appointed Deputy Lieutenant for West Sussex.

Captured on video camera and shared by the auction house on Twitter, this was the fistpumping moment of joy when historian Tom Holland bought a Psittacosaurus skeleton at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on June 30.

A regular two-day auction of silver, art and antiques? Not at Whittons in Honiton, Devon, where the firm called its sale on June 8-9 a ‘Jubilee auction’ and auctioneer Ed Whitton donned a suitably patriotic jacket and tie to sell a good range of lots such as Georgian silver and Victorian jewellery.