Salvage & Architectural Antiques

This broad category can comprise anything from small iron fittings to monumental stonework. Popular areas include fireplaces, garden ornaments, tiles, window frames, signs and plaques.

Plenty of reclaimed objects are offered via specialist traders, auctions and fairs taking place up and down the country and often held outdoors.


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Wiltshire Police and manor house owner call on antiques trade to help trace stolen statues

24 June 2025

A group of bronze statues have been stolen from a manor house in Wiltshire during a jazz festival.

Sundial from Kinburn Fortress

Relic of Crimean War appears after half a century

06 February 2025

A piece of militaria history has become available to the public for the first time in over 50 years, and is offered by dealers Knight Fine Antiques and Collectables.

A fragment from HMS Bounty

Fragment from HMS Bounty found in vendor’s attic heads to auction

06 January 2025

A fragment from HMS Bounty that has been discovered in an attic is coming to auction in Derby on February 26.

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Moore bronze comes out of Manhattan

06 January 2025

A late but textbook bronze by Henry Moore (1898-1986) sold for $75,000 (£59,000) at a 145-lot sale held in New York by Auctions at Showplace (25% buyer’s premium).

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Shed your inhibitions and shop antiques and vintage

09 December 2024

Farm buildings and more humble structures can provide ideal showcases for antiques businesses

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Obituary: salvage dealer Ronnie Wootton (1935-2024)

02 December 2024

Ronnie Wootton was a stalwart of the architectural salvage and reclaimed building material trade from the 1980s, prior to which he was a producer of period lanterns for lamposts and other hardware.

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Getty last selection gave a taste of Eastern exoticism

11 November 2024

Getty collection provides another auction highlight while glass and patinated bronze lanterns also shine in Massachusetts

Teak window panel

Window panel from Getty collection reaches six figures at Stair Galleries

01 October 2024

A final treasure from the Ann and Gordon Getty collection excelled at the latest sale at Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York.

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Posnet was recent Norfolk detector find

30 September 2024

This medieval (probably 14th century) small bronze cauldron or posnet is a recent detecting find, dug late last year in a field in Norfolk.

carved giltwood horse

Rare fairground memorabilia gallops ahead at London auction

11 September 2024

On entering an Edwardian fairground, the sheer size and scale of the ornately carved ‘bioscope’ show front would stop an observer in their tracks.

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Salvo launches latest pocket guides

09 September 2024

Dealer association Salvo promoted its revised Pocket Guide at a ‘Secondhand September’ drinks party on September 5.

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Flush with cash? Splash out on a Thomas Crapper sanitary ware collection

27 August 2024

A celebrated collection of 19th and early 20th century sanitary wares is to be sold.

Sundial designed by Archibald Knox

Rare Liberty & Co terracotta sundial by Archibald Knox emerges in South London

13 July 2024

One of the most watched lots currently on the-saleroom.com is a rare Liberty & Co terracotta Floralis pattern sundial designed by the legendary Archibald Knox in c.1905.

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Reclamation and antiques dealer joins up with Norwich department store

06 May 2024

An owner of reclamation centre has set up shop at the invitation of a renowned Norwich retailer.

Fairground carousel galloper horse

All the fun of the fair: John Barker collection comes to Essex auction

05 March 2024

A collector of late 19th and early 20th century fairground art is offering 47 examples at Sworders.

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Appeal for statues stolen from Salford church

31 January 2024

A group of statues from a church in Salford have been stolen.

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Eye on an object: Victorian stained glass window

22 January 2024

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

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Salvage Hunters' TV star Drew Pritchard is selling his personal collection at auction

17 January 2024

TV presenter and antiques dealer Drew Pritchard is to sell items from his personal collection at Dreweatts in March.

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The web shop window: Aesthetic Movement fireplace

11 December 2023

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Birdbath

Birdbath makes Battersea splash

16 October 2023

A stoneware birdbath designed by one of Rodin’s students was among the highlight sales at the autumn edition of the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair.

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