Around the Auction Houses

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.

Richard Winterton Auctioneers celebrated 25 years in business with a ball for its staff and their partners.

After 40 years at Christie’s, William Robinson, international head of world art at the firm, bowed out on a high last month.

The Fine Art Golfing Society has published its calendar for 2022, with the first meeting scheduled for Ashridge Golf Club in Berkhamsted in mid-April when members will compete for the Baldwin Salver.

This photo, below, was taken on September 4 at the annual inter-auction house sailing regatta at Seaview, Isle of Wight. The teams represented were Sotheby’s, Bonhams, Phillips, Roseberys and a dealers’ team represented by the likes of Colnaghi and Agnews.

A central Edinburgh location, men wearing tartan trousers and kilts and a bagpiper greeting guests: three ingredients suggesting that Lyon & Turnbull has hosted the most Scottish of parties to celebrate 20 years since its renaissance as an auction house.

HRH Princess Anne visited auction house Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet to mark the start of a campaign to raise funds for a local charity that is building a specialist autism service in Essex.

The leading contenders in the December 12 General Election are struggling to land any meaningful blows on each other, despite being more than happy to be photographed in boxing rings.

At annual competition hopefuls discover how connecting with bidders will be crucial to their career success

Congratulations to Robert Stones, owner of Peter Wilson Auctioneers in Nantwich, and Nikki Robinson, founder of Manchester auction software supplier Go Auction at their recent wedding.