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 →