Antiques

Gloria Victis, by Marius-Jean Antonin Mercié, was included in a recent Country House Auction. It is 208cm high overall and made £10,400.

Gloria Victis bronze makes £10,400

By Vivienne Milburn An impressive price of £10,400 was achieved for a bronze of a…

Portrait of a young man by Mary Beale, in a painted stone cartouche, made £3,900 in a recent specialist auction

Portrait with Girl Power Appeal

By Vivienne Milburn Discovered in a house near Bakewell and originally valued at £200 to…

This George I (Reign 1714-1727) oak and ash side table, c.1720, measuring 74cm wide, made £850 in a recent traditional antique auction. Consigned from a deceased estate near Bakewell, the result is considered to be a good price in the current market, showing the continued demand for authentic antique pieces in original condition.

Highlights from a traditional antiques auction … and the environmental benefits of traditional furniture.

In a recent auction, this John Weiss & Son amputation set dating from the 1830s…

George III silver fiddle pattern set of cutlery, by William Eley, William Fearn and William Chawner, London, 1812, 60oz total. It made £3,300 in a recent specialist auction.

A Silver Spoon Full

By Vivienne Milburn FRICS Independent Antiques Auctioneer & Valuer The history of cutlery is a…

A Chinese famille verte brush pot, 12 cms high, made £700 in the recent auction.

£700 for a plant pot!

By Vivienne Milburn FRICS Independent Antiques Auctioneer & Valuer The market for antique silver items…

Portuguese silver pedestal bowl and cover, dating from the 1900s, with embossed decoration and gilt interior, 21cm high. It made £1,950 at auction - at the time of selling this was more than the scrap metal value.

Soaring Silver

By Vivienne Milburn FRICS Independent Antiques Auctioneer & Valuer The market for antique silver items…

A top lot at a recent specialist auction was this enamel sign, for Fry’s Pure Concentrated Cocoa. It made £1,800. From a country house near Matlock, a 20th century mirror for Fry’s Chocolate, made £160 despite being damaged.

Advertising Ware and Collectables

By Vivienne Milburn FRICS Independent Antiques Auctioneer & Valuer Advertising ware acts as a form…

19th-century brass-bound ship’s captain’s campaign writing box.

Writing Box Attic Find Makes £1,300

By Vivienne Milburn FRICS Independent Antiques Auctioneer & Valuer Discovered in an attic in the…

Jade and diamond ring and a pair of earrings, set with an oval jade cabochon, and brilliant cut diamonds. These had an estimate of £400-500 but made over three times more, selling for £1,600.

Jewellery Gems

By Vivienne Milburn FRICS Independent Antiques Auctioneer & Valuer From Derbyshire to China. This jade…

The Constablesque-style oil painting by Alfred De Breanski Jr, at Tavy Cleave, on Dartmoor, with a fisherman in the distance. It made £920 in a recent specialist auction.

Serene landscapes show Constable’s influence

By Vivienne Milburn FRICS Independent Antiques Auctioneer & Valuer CONSTABLE’S landscapes are quintessentially English –…