Roseberys

Roseberys is an auction house based in South London. They hold general and specialist sales at their West Norwood saleroom in areas including Islamic & Indian art, Modern & Contemporary pictures and vintage fashion and antique textiles.

The firm was founded in 1987 by Ian Cadzow who formerly worked at both Phillips and Sotheby’s. Roseberys launched a subsidiary venture Vertu@Roseberys in 2016 to host online-only timed auctions.


Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads

Pioneering Victorian photograph book found in closet now heads to Roseberys

24 June 2025

A scarce copy of a pioneering photograph book showing views of the Norfolk Broads has been consigned to south London saleroom Roseberys.

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Persian version of Voltaire’s Peter the Great sells at £14,000

16 June 2025

This extraordinary Persian manuscript sold by Roseberys (26% buyer’s premium) is a translation of 'Voltaire’s Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand' and his 'Histoire de Charles XII, Roi du Suede'.

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Casas creates a Catalan classic poster

26 May 2025

Like Toulouse Lautrec, Ramon Casas y Carbo (1866-1932) was not only an avant-garde artist but a master poster maker and graphic designer.

Indian cat painting

Rare animal sketches bring demand in single-owner collection of Indian works

16 May 2025

Two pictures with natural history subjects drew the strongest competition among the Indian works of art consigned from the collection of the late Francis Golding (1944-2013) to a recent Roseberys’ (26% buyer’s premium) sale.

Grey Heron by Jiang Tingxi

Rediscovered Kangxi bird paintings raise £600,000 total at Roseberys

13 May 2025

A group of Kangxi bird paintings from the celebrated ‘Imperial Manual of Birds’ sold for a combined £600,000 at Roseberys in south London.

Jiang Tingxi bird

‘Extraordinary discovery’: Kangxi bird paintings valued at £800,000 emerge at Roseberys

23 April 2025

A group of 19 album leaves from the celebrated ‘Imperial Manual of Birds’ have been discovered in homes in Dorset and London.

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Chandigarh furniture designed by Jeanneret features in Cambridge and London auctions

21 April 2025

In 1950, the Swiss artist, architect and designer Pierre Jeanneret (1896-1967) joined his cousin Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (who assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier) to create a new capital of Punjab.

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Child prodigy Mendelssohn on song in saleroom

14 April 2025

String of portraits offered by south London auction house included sketch of the 12-year-old musical prodigy

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Ceramics star among lots from Antiques Roadshow expert and former Christie's specialist

14 April 2025

Collection amassed by Christie’s veteran Hugo Morley-Fletcher includes ‘special group’ of porcelain

George Romney drawing

Windfall for vendor who found George Romney sketch in rubbish skip

26 March 2025

A sketch by George Romney (1734-1802) came to a recent auction in south London with a remarkable backstory.

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Venini glass proves very popular

17 March 2025

A single-owner collection of Venini glassware led Roseberys’ (26/25/20% buyer’s premium) first Design auction of the year in West Norwood.

Pierre Soulages print

Art historian's modern prints emerge at south London auction

12 March 2025

A collection of works owned by German-born art historian Klaus Hinrichsen (1912-2004), a key figure in promoting émigré art in the UK, emerged at the latest specialist Prints & Multiples sale at south London saleroom Roseberys (26% buyer’s premium).

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Cartier’s London-made watches in demand at Roseberys

10 March 2025

Affirming the continued interest in the watches made under the direction of Jean-Jacques Cartier (1919-2010) in London during the mid-60s to early 70s, Roseberys (26/25% buyer’s premium) sold two good Cartier London watches on February 5.

Alexander Nasmyth portrait

Former BBC Antiques Roadshow expert’s collection heads to auction

27 February 2025

A collection of works owned by the late BBC Antiques Roadshow expert and former director at Christie’s, Hugo Morley-Fletcher (1940-2022), has been consigned to Roseberys.

‘Customs House, Poole’ by John Piper

John Piper architectural study sold to Poole Museum at Roseberys’ auction

06 February 2025

Poole Museum has emerged as the buyer of a work on paper by John Piper (1903-92) that sold at a Roseberys auction last year.

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Banqueting scene tapestry created in Berlin gets second time lucky at London sale

03 February 2025

A recent Fine & Decorative sale at Roseberys (26/25% buyer’s premium) was led by a very fine Berlin tapestry.

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Dealer duo the Hobarts set Irish eyes smiling

06 January 2025

Two sales in London offered personal collection of the Hobarts including artists they had championed

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Louis Vuitton trunks stand out in the vintage luggage market

16 December 2024

It is said Louis Vuitton spent 17 years mastering the art of trunk making before establishing his eponymous company in 1854.

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Royal wedding fruitcake served with a tasty extra

16 December 2024

Generating a huge amount of international media coverage both before and after Reeman Dansie’s (25% buyer’s premium) November 5 sale titled Royalty, Antiques & Fine Art was a piece of fruitcake from the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece on November 20, 1947.

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Slice of Hewat-Jaboor collection comes to south London saleroom

25 November 2024

Former Masterpiece fair chairman was particularly enthusiastic about antiquities

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