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.
Classroom to saleroom: budding experts learn about the bidding world
15 May 2026Pupils came to a south London auction house as part of a scheme taking place for the third time.
Battle of the bookcase Old Master
10 April 2026Bidding competition breaks out in south London for Mannerist work discovered in a west London house
‘Working archive’ of prints inspired Sorel
02 April 2026Roseberys’ Prints & Multiples auction on April 16 includes 56 lots from the collection of avant-garde artist Agathe Sorel (1935-2020) and her husband Gabor Sitkey, also a painter and textile designer.
Roseberys auction house expands from south London with a Pimlico Road shop
02 April 2026South London auction house Roseberys will join the antiques and interiors shops in Belgravia this spring.
Blonde bombshell from West Brom depicted by De László
02 April 2026Portrait of actress who mesmerised Hitchcock makes highest sum for the artist since 2020
Long-distance flight moves from experiment to reality thanks to pioneers such as Lombardi
27 March 2026A rare surviving group of unseen early aviation photographs documenting the pioneering long-distance flights of Italian pilot Carlo Francesco ‘Francis’ Lombardi (1897-1983) was offered at Roseberys (26/25/20% buyer’s premium) in south London on March 11.
Rediscovered Jungle Book watercolours make £100,000 at Roseberys
11 March 2026Two ‘lost’ illustrations from a celebrated edition of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book sold for a combined £100,000 at south London saleroom Roseberys on March 10.
Chinese makers got their skates on to take advantage of porcelain export market
06 March 2026Among the most desirable of the Chinese export porcelain patterns made for the Dutch market is the so-called ‘skating lesson’ design.
‘Lost’ Jungle Book watercolours head to south London auction
20 February 2026Emerging unrecognised from a London home, two ‘lost’ illustrations from a celebrated edition of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book will be offered at Roseberys next month.
Royal Air Force Museum buys wartime aerial studies at Roseberys’ auction
28 January 2026The Royal Air Force Museum has purchased two preparatory drawings for major wartime paintings by Walter Thomas Monnington (1902-76).
Story time: How silver items with a strong narrative can survive being sent for scrap
01 December 2025Sustained scrap silver prices of more than £30 an ounce have sent large quantities of middle-of-the-road Georgian and Victorian domestic silver to the melting pot. Today, to sell well above the bullion price, it helps if silver comes with a strong narrative. ATG reports on a few great storytellers.
John Constable chalk sketch brings demand at Roseberys
12 November 2025A sketch by John Constable (1776-1837) held in a private collection for almost two centuries sold at almost double its top estimate at Roseberys’ latest sale of Old Master, British & European Pictures.
Chinese huanghuali armchairs owned by Chairman Mao's adviser sell at 15-times top estimate
05 November 2025A pair of Chinese huanghuali armchairs, formerly owned by a US Treasury official who became an economic adviser to Chairman Mao, were hammered down at £600,000.
Record price for any classical Indian or Islamic painting at auction
30 October 2025Capping a strong year for the Indian art market, Christie’s has set a new record for any classical Indian or Islamic painting at auction.
Edward VI portrait goes on view at Hampton Court Palace after selling at Roseberys
01 October 2025A portrait of King Edward VI that sold at a Roseberys auction earlier this year has gone on public display at Hampton Court Palace.
Dieter Rams: Designer whose influence was not left on the shelf
15 September 2025From electronics to furniture, Dieter Rams laid the foundations for modern industrial design
Furniture to the taste of 18th century aristocrats
18 August 2025A George III bonheur du jour offered for sale at Roseberys (26/25/20% buyer’s premium) in south London provided a fascinating window onto the collecting tastes of the British aristocracy in the 18th century.
View of the Louvre adds European flavour to south London sale
25 July 2025Underlining the potential of artworks still to draw European interest in the post-Brexit market, a good number of pictures brought notable bidding from across the Channel at a recent Roseberys auction.
‘Antiques Roadshow’ brooch comes to south London saleroom
21 July 2025A Chaumet Art Deco white gold, rock crystal, diamond and ruby lapel clip brooch seen in a 1990s episode of Antiques Roadshow reappeared at a recent Roseberys (26/25/20% buyer’s premium) jewellery auction in West Norwood, London.
Rare copy of Victorian photograph book makes £40,000 at Roseberys
11 July 2025Discovered buried in the back of a closet in the US, a rare surviving copy of Peter Henry Emerson’s 1886 work ‘Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads’ sold for £40,000 at Roseberys today.
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