Dear Friends, Five weeks fly by and we have another sale for you.  This one is on the 27th June at the usual time of 11am with viewing the day before between 1pm and 7pm. Getting a call four weeks ago to clear a large Regency rectory in Essex was very welcome.  It was a fine property in that classic style of four large ground-floor rooms separated by a front to back hall and  grand staircase with ancillary accommodation behind and a carriage house and Continue reading →

Dear Friends, Our next auction is on the 23rd May, next week, the start date of European elections and Joan Collins’s 85th birthday! Our catalogue is on line from Sunday next, the 19th.  Either log on to UKAuctioneers or our website.  All lots are illustrated. This sale has the usual format.  We start with about 100 lots of PICTURES with notable artists, including Henriette Ronner-Kipp, Frederic Whiting, Raphael Theodore Roussel, Frederick W. Bailey, James Billingham Caughtrie, Henry John Dobson, Walter H. Allcott, Albert Houghton, A.S.G. Continue reading →

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 →