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Greystoke Castle contents to be sold at auction in Cumbria
13 November 2021The contents of Grade II* listed Greystoke Castle near Penrith is coming to auction at Mitchells in Cockermouth with a selection of fine paintings, furniture and Chinese porcelain.
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Group lot with a temperance licence to thrill
18 October 2021Bid to a much higher than expected £4000 on August 19 at Thomson Roddick (18% buyer’s premium) was a lot offering 10 volumes of pamphlets, offprints, reports, legal evidence, etc, relating to licensing laws and the campaign to regulate consumption in the UK.
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Snake that speaks the language of jewellery
20 September 2021This Victorian snake necklace is one of the best of its kind to appear on the regional market in recent memory.
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Pinxton pieces at their finest
26 July 2021William Billingsley (1758-1828), a key figure in the history of both English and Welsh porcelain, left the Derby factory in 1795 yearning to create the finest, whitest and most translucent porcelain.
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Thorburn’s birds of prey swoop down to Carlisle
26 July 2021A group of bird books were a feature of a sale held by Thomson Roddick (18% buyer’s premium) in Carlisle.
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Zinkeisen sisters show their family value at two auctions
05 July 2021Works by the Zinkeisen sisters continue to bring demand at auctions around the country.
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Postcards of Cumbrian life (and loss of life)
07 June 2021Trying to set a water-speed record is one of sport’s most hazardous competitions – with a high fatality rate as a result.
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Bible cover boasts Mary Queen of Scots connection
03 May 2021A Mitchells (22% buyer’s premium) sale included selected contents from Greystoke Castle near Penrith – home to the Howard family for over 500 years.
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Alfred Wainwright strides ever onward
15 March 2021Drawings by the great fell-walking guidebook author catch the mood of escapism
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Antiques centres look ahead to reopening
08 March 2021Adrian Gilmour, co-owner of the Hungerford Arcade, is thrilled at news that non-essential retail can reopen in April.
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Silver teapot with provenance to the Wedgwoods and Darwins sold at Cumbria auction
22 February 2021This silver teapot has London hallmarks for 1792 and a maker’s mark for silversmith Michael Plummer who worked out of Gutter Lane, London, from 1791-95.
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Broadside or chapbooks in demand
04 January 2021The surprise lot at Thomson Roddick (18% buyer’s premium) was one in which the principal attraction may well have been a penny broadside of 1826.
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Caterpillar Club races to record
02 November 2020Gold pin awarded to Second World War Polish pilot later executed after the Great Escape
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Map handy for a London visit
12 October 2020It was not in the best of conditions, but an unusual cartographic lot in an August 6 sale at Thomson Roddick (17.5% buyer’s premium) of Carlisle sold at £420.
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Major general sought after by militaria fans
07 September 2020A group of three watercolours depicting Indian scenes attributed to Major General John Brownrigg Ballasis (1806-90) attracted interest at a timed sale held this summer by 1818 Auctioneers (20% buyer’s premium) in Milnthorpe, Cumbria.
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Through the Glasgow looking glass
24 August 2020Featured in Previews, ATG No 2449, was an amusing illustration of the Vacuum Tube, a proposed new means of mass transport from the pages of the Glasgow Looking Glass, a publication that has come to be widely regarded as the world’s first comic.
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Pick of the week: New peak for Wainwright as sketch of the fells climbs to £10,200 record
06 July 2020A record price of £10,200 was paid last month for a pen and ink sketch by fell-walking legend Alfred Wainwright at 1818 Auctioneers of Milnthorpe, Cumbria.
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David Dalby cattle portrait leads Shorthorn Society auction
08 June 2020Shortly before the UK lockdown, Cumbrian saleroom Thomson Roddick (17.5% buyer’s premium inc VAT) offered works from the collection of The Shorthorn Society, a body that promotes the famous breed of cattle in the UK and Ireland.
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Bidders back a local artist in Cumbria
18 May 2020Seven lots by celebrated local artist Percy Kelly (1918-93) put in a decent performance at the most recent Antiques & Fine Art sale held by Cumbrian saleroom Mitchells (22% buyer’s premium).
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