Dear Friends, We bid fond farewells to Norman our 80-year-old porter two weeks ago in a grave-side ceremony under blazing sunshine .  He was a good man and his golfing mates gave him a great send-off. In our next sale on the 14th March we have a cracking collection of antique carved ivory – mainly Japanese and ranging from large figures to netsuke.  Much of it is signed.  From the same address comes good lacquer and interesting artefacts. And, from another vendor, we have taken Continue reading →

Dear Friends, So I said to Joe, why don’t you open a gents’ hair dressing salon next door to the saleroom and serve my clients?  So that’s what he’s done and very smart too.  It’s called a Gentleman’s Lounge and if you take a catalogue in he will give you a 15% discount and a cup of coffee.  He has great music playing. As for our auction, we have a real cracker for the last sale of the year.  Another 900 lots of fresh-to-the-market goods.  Continue reading →

Dear Friends, It’s that time again!  Bainbridges are about to hold an auction of more new to the market and mainly unreserved lots.  Just like the oil painting in the last sale, by Albert Moor, a still life of flowers.  It fetched £19,000 plus premium. I can’t say I expect results like that this time, but the PICTURES section is full, and includes works by Michelangelo Maestri, Pierre Grist, Hottenhamer, Brian Davis, Henry Young Alison, Barry Raynor, David Gentleman, Carl F. Felkel, Benjamin Williams Leader, Continue reading →

Dear Friends, I’m very excited by this sale, NEXT WEEK, on the 27th at 11am. Why?  Well so many interesting clearances came together.  Let me expand.  A German lady who lived on the 7th floor of flats in Brondesbury Park has died, in very old age.  Her instructions are to sell everything by auction and if family are interested they can attend the sale.  She has lived there for years surrounded by her family history.  Needless to say, the furniture is Continental and includes a Continue reading →

Dear Friends, What great weather to get out and visit an auction.  Ours is on the 2nd August at 11 am with viewing on Wednesday 1st from 1-7 pm, and on sale day from 9.30 am.  Or … if you are by the pool, sign in to UKAuctioneers.com and bid online.  Just don’t forget the clearance deadlines. Time is running out on the ivory issue, so may I refer you to a note circulated by Kevin Page the respected oriental dealer in Camden Passage.  He Continue reading →

Dear Friends, If I can drag you away from the football, I would like you to put in your diary next week’s  auction. It’s on the 28th June at 11 am and would seem to be around the usual 800 lots, viewing on Wednesday 27th 1-7 pm or from 9.30 am on sale day. The PICTURES fill over 100 lots with Myles Birket Foster included along with John Piper, William Renison, Axel Haig, Anna Ticho, Michael John Hill, Mark Postlethwaite, Jon Westell, Ernest Crofts, Rex Continue reading →

Dear Friends, If I can convince you to come out of the sun, you might make it to our next sale on Thursday the 24th May.  I hope so. It’s coming together well and we start, once again, with an interesting PICTURES section of about 80 lots to include a self-portrait by John Bratby (1971) and another large painting, “Rosie”, 1971.  Other artists so far include Rolf Harris, G Lefevre, Idka, D’Anty, Mary Gibson, Brenda Rogers, J MacDonald, M Juenin, and a section of Polish Continue reading →

Dear friends, NEXT SALE 19TH APRIL 2018 AT 11AM Important things first.  Sad to report, Martin won’t be with us this sale selling catalogues and tinkling the ivories.  He is at his wife’s bedside.  She is currently unconscious.  Our thoughts are with him. This sale doesn’t come up to the quality of the last, but it will still offer you a choice of 800 plus lots that, as ever, are fresh to the market and covers all the usual subjects and also includes WHISKY AND Continue reading →

Dear friends, There really is no predicting what you might find in a Bainbridges auction and this is going to be one of my favourites. From two separate probate instructions we are delighted to present to you lots of small items, the silver known as ‘toys’ the rest as objects of vertu.  The silver ‘toys’ are fine examples of their kind and date from the late 17th century, including a pair of twin-arm wall sconces and a pair of candlesticks through cutlery, tables, pans, to Continue reading →

Dear friends, 2018  and one month gone already! Our first sale of the year is booked for the 8th February and is coming together well. For a change, FURNITURE is an interesting section and includes an Art Deco walnut demi-lune desk stamped Heals.  From the same house comes a burr maple (?) dressing table on a sleigh style support.  We have a substantial Arts and Crafts light oak refectory table on a stylish base, the top formed from two very thick planks.  A rosewood 1960s Continue reading →