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Carpenter’s tool store is chest the thing for unusual purchases
05 March 2018Outselling much of the sort of furniture its owner could have worked on, an 18th century carpenter’s oak tool chest on stand was among the pleasant surprises for vendors at the opening sale of the year at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (21% buyer’s premium).
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Tribute to a gallant captain and his brave fire brigade
12 February 2018This painting of a fire in north London drew heated bidding when it went under the hammer at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (21% buyer’s premium).
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Top design in the Exeter spotlight
12 February 2018Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood of Exeter plans to hold its first-ever 20th century and contemporary art and design sale later this month.
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Chelsea heads up at auction
08 January 2018The late Gerald and Brenda Flowerday caught the collecting bug in the late 1960s, igniting a keen interest in 18th century English ceramics that would last for the next 40 years.
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Gardner figures are Russian in at Exeter auction
13 November 2017Autumn has been the setting for so many specialist sales round the regions that an all-disciplines, quality sale such as that held by Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (21% buyer’s premium) at Exeter on October 3 was almost a rarity.
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Landscape painter Hamilton Hay reaps sale reward
06 November 2017This evening village scene by the landscape painter James Hamilton Hay (1874- 1916) drew multiple bids at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (21% buyer’s premium) in Exeter on October 3.
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Owen once, Owen twice... Owen once, Owen twice... reticulated wares roll into two sales
23 October 2017Dominated by two lots of Chinese porcelain, the September 28-30 sale at Hansons (17.5% buyer’s premium) also included eight Royal Worcester pieces by George Owen (1845-1917) who was inspired by the Orient to produce his trademark reticulated wares.
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English Civil War and much more in Exeter
02 October 2017A single-owner collection relating to the English Civil War featured among the 740 lots that made up a September 6 sale held by Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (21% buyer’s premium).
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Sir Peter Lely link to nude painting tempts Exeter bidders
21 August 2017A large oil painting offered at auction for first time depicts notorious figure from Charles II’s court and sells for five times top estimate.
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Crucifix link to now demolished Swiss covered bridge
22 May 2017The big surprise at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood'’s April 11-12 sale at Exeter was this 17th-18th century Tyrolean wood and gilt crucifix.
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Rare peak at Welsh artist’s work
15 May 2017Unusual appearance of mountain views by painter whose career was cut short by tuberculosis
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Unknown portrait is top lot at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood auction
03 May 2017A portrait of a beautiful but mysterious 19th century lady led a sale at Exeter-based auction house Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood taking a hammer price of £155,000.
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Constable sketch brings £252,000 in Exeter
13 October 2015A John Constable (1776-1837) oil sketch drew prolonged competition at the latest auction held at Exeter saleroom Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood.
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Exeter salerooms to offer John Constable oil sketch of Suffolk
10 September 2015Exeter saleroom Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood will offer a well-provenanced oil by John Constable (1776-1837) in their October 6 fine art sale.
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Koran sells for £230,000 at auction in Exeter
01 September 2015Sent for auction by a local lady who had been gifted it some 20 years ago, a late 19th century Koran ensured that the latest book sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood was their most successful ever.
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Stunning delft chargers take £34,500 in Exeter
14 May 2015The two outstanding blue dash chargers offered at a recent sale held by Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood in Exeter form part of a small but distinctive group of early 18th century delft dishes boldly painted with a variety of quirky bird, animal and figure subjects.
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Twelve bidders compete for Peter Waals secretaire in Exeter
11 November 2014A walnut secretaire cabinet by Peter Waals (1870-1937) has sold for £34,000 at Bearne Hampton & Littlewood in Exeter.
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Large Lenkiewicz group sees signs of growth
23 May 2014Most fine art sales at Exeter saleroom Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood feature multiple works by the irrepressible Robert Lenkiewicz (1941-2002) and their latest event was no different.
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Consignment of pictures shows Rheads’ talents were not limited to pottery
04 February 2014The prize consignment of paintings, sketches, ceramics and ephemera produced by key members of the Rhead family of potters, offered by Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood in Exeter on January 22-23, comprised 117 lots in all.
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Rhead family collection brings unrecorded wares to the market
04 February 2014It was the most important consignment of work by the Rhead family to come onto the market in years. But would the respect in which the remarkable dynasty of potters are held translate into remarkable prices?
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