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.
Fab feats at Crystal Palace
15 January 2018Illustrated here are two of the 20 hand-coloured litho plates, many showing the Crystal Palace in the background and each with a rhyming couplet below, that make up Blondin’s Marvellous Feats.
Strike a light for lost world of smoke
15 January 2018A gentleman retires to his designated smoker’s chair, picks up his meerschaum pipe and Dunhill lighter and puffs away contentedly by his hearth… a vanished scenario in the UK today but recreated in the antiques world in these three items from December auctions.
Storm lifts on the fashion world
15 January 2018Used as the catalogue cover design for an Illustration Art sale held by Swann (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) of New York was the George Lepape watercolour, ‘Après la Tempeste’ shown below.
BBR on the rise aiming to climb to fresh heights
15 January 2018Alan Blakeman, lifelong rock climber and founder of niche business BBR Auctions in Elsecar, near Barnsley, had a good 2017.
Salerooms feel the tribe is right
15 January 2018The rising popularity of the tribal art collecting scene is tempting auction houses to take steps in that direction.
Career launched by pocket money pottery purchases
15 January 2018Not only is industrious Derbyshire auction house Hansons about to launch its new saleroom down south, but it is also starting a new sale format building on the popular tribal art collecting scene.
Gross weighs in to make impact
15 January 2018He was among the most prolific and longest serving official war artists of the Second World War, yet Anthony Gross (1905-84) remains an obscure name among 20th century British talents.
With a little help from our friends in the north
15 January 2018Auctioneering is a fiercely competitive business, on the face of it. Behind the scenes, however, there are many examples of salerooms helping each other – from sharing business experiences to providing specialist counsel on objects.
Colourists take top honours in Scottish sales north and south
15 January 2018More than £730,000 worth of pictures changed hands at Edinburgh saleroom Lyon & Turnbull’s (25/20% buyer’s premium) recent sale of Scottish art.
Halls’ shake-up revives stand-alone Asian sale
15 January 2018New year brings a new sales calendar at Halls of Shrewsbury, not least launching a dedicated Asian art auction.
The ‘last’ Rex Whistler work
15 January 2018A painting by Rex Whistler (1905-44) which was believed to be the last he painted before he was killed during the Second World War sold at Chiswick Auctions (25/12% buyer’s premium) in London.
Buyers take note of Algernon Newton
15 January 2018Algernon Newton (1880-1968) is one of those British artists whose pictures went unnoticed for many years.
Auction house appointments at Moore Allen & Innocent and Keys
15 January 2018Lucie Rowe, who started her career with Cirencester auction house Moore Allen & Innocent 15 years ago as a part-time saleday porter, has been promoted to her first management position: assistant saleroom manager.
Sizeable bids for steam loco toys in Trains Galore sale
15 January 2018Whatever chaos faces hundreds of thousands of commuters on the railways as we enter the New Year, the better-ordered world of model trains steams on to continued success.
Pushkin is toast of Russian lots
15 January 2018A fine Pushkin collection, running to a dozen lots in all, was a major attraction in the Russian section of at a Christie’s (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) sale.
Ski posters head north to Edinburgh sale
15 January 2018It was around this time of year when wealthy skiers with chalets to decorate would dial in from the slopes of the world’s most prestigious resorts to take part in Christie’s South Kensington’s annual Ski Sale.
Elegant English furniture leads offering at auction of New York interior decorator’s collection
12 January 2018English Furniture, works of art and ceramics from two patrons of the arts are to go under the hammer at Doyle in New York next week.
Contents of Warwickshire’s Luddington Manor goes to auction at Hansons
12 January 2018Furniture, paintings, ceramics and silver are among the items from Grade II-listed Luddington Manor to be offered at Hansons’ Antiques and Collectors’ auction later this month.
Sailing into the saleroom – Canaletto’s journey to auction aided by new video technology
11 January 2018Among the highlights of the upcoming Old Master auction series in New York is a pair of vedute by Canaletto (1697-1768) for which Sotheby’s have produced a promotional video using CGI animation.
Rare 19th century topographical painting of Mexico emerges at Bonhams
11 January 2018An original painting showing the Castle of San Juan de Ulúa in Mexico by 19th century British topographical artist Daniel Egerton is one of highlights of Bonhams’ Travel and Exploration auction in London next month.
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