Hansons

Hansons is a UK auction house that holds regular auctions at its Derbyshire showroom in Etwall as well as at Bishton Hall in Staffordshire and Normansfield Theatre in Teddington, London.

The firm was set up in 2005 by proprietor Charles Hanson who appears on a number of antiques television shows.

In August 2020, Hansons purchased the assets of two further UK salerooms: Charles Ross Auctioneers in Woburn and Holloway’s in Banbury. Hansons’ portfolio now also includes venues in Kent/Sussex, Nottinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Cornwall.

Thieves attend view then pounce hours before sale

17 March 2008

Thieves deactivated an alarm before breaking through a roof and two doors to steal 92 items from the view of Hansons Auctions’ Old School Mackworth Saturday auction on March 27.

From Leek to Philadelphia

20 February 2006

It’s unlikely that Peter Stretch (c.1670-1746) of Leek would be remembered among the great clockmakers had he not chosen to board a ship bound for Philadelphia with his wife and family in 1702.