Auction Insights

'It must be so interesting', voiced with a hint of envy is the usual response when people hear what I do. Two reasons why stand out. Auctions are an endlessly interesting merry-go-round of art and antiques by which knowledge - I dislike the over-used 'expertise' - is both informed and broadened but also the excitement that comes from objects that are a tangible manifestation of history. I hope you enjoy this weekly blogs.
Victorian Shop Signs
4th September 2017Our receptionist Lorna with a Victorian tobacconists shop figure
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Mouse in the Auction House
7th August 2017From Country cottages to great cathedrals you can see Robert Thompson's 'Mouse' signature
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Nods & Rockers
1st August 2017Revisit the '60s with our own 'Nods & Rockers' Not a misprint!
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Scenes of Everyday Life in Nottingham
15th July 2017Just why a local man chose to record scenes of everyday life in Nottingham in the 1880s...
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Hello Dolly
8th July 2017For what price would you sell your first doll or teddy bear?
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Why the best things come in small packages
12th June 2017Valuable sculptures in miniature that go under the hammer at The Auction House next week...
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Carreglwyd Country House Sale
3rd June 2017Recently I came face to face with a Welsh druid, or ‘derwydd’. Not a real sorcerer, but...
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Craftsmen
27th May 2017In a recent interview entrepreneur Sir James Dyson spoke of the coming “Fourth Industrial...
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Lord Byron Southwell
21st May 2017Lord Byron’s amorous antics in Southwell caused a scandal. Now a newly discovered book...
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