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How a saleroom can get into the right groove to offer an amphibious vehicle and a 12m sofa
17 July 2019As an auction house, what sale format do you squeeze an amphibious vehicle or a 12m long sofa into? When it comes to the ‘weird and wonderful’, auctioneers often face a challenge.
The late 19th century finds fashion favour
15 July 2019Pieces from the late 19th century, a vibrant but occasionally derided moment in the history of the decorative arts, provided many of the highlights to Sworders’ summer Fine Interiors sale in Stansted Montfitchet.
£40,000 sleeper is Edo export survivor
27 May 2019Unusually for an Asian art sale, the top price at Sworders' latest offering in in Stansted Mountfitchet was paid for a Japanese work of art.
Tang dynasty rabbit makes appearance at Timeline Auctions
06 May 2019Some early Chinese objects are included in the Timeline Auctions sale in Harwich, Essex on May 28.
East India Company captain's Chinese export charger appears at Sworders
06 May 2019This Chinese export charger, measuring 15in (40cm), is one of two from the service made for Captain Matthew Martin, captain of the 32-gun East Indiaman Marlborough.
Previews: £30,000 plus
19 April 2019A collaborative portrait between two revered 19th century equestrian painters will lead a sale of sporting art at Essex saleroom Sworders on April 30.
A £6800 judgment for Simeon Solomon drawing at Essex auction
25 March 2019London Judaica dealer Joseph Landau travelled to Sworders in Stansted Moutfitchet on March 13 with the sole purpose of buying a pencil, charcoal and white chalk drawing Carrying the Torah by Simeon Solomon (1840-1905).
Burmese scene by royal artist Gerald Kelly draws interest at Sworders
11 March 2019Among the lots drawing keen interest at Sworders’ Modern British and 20th century sale in Essex on February 26 was a privately consigned 2ft x 2ft 8in (61 x 83cm) oil on canvas of Burmese women collecting water by Royal portraitist Gerald Kelly (1879-1972).
Modern British female artists: the auction scene
11 March 2019Women artists – historically overlooked in scholarship and undervalued on the market – have emerged more and more at auction over the last few years.
Cross-section of great designs offered in Essex
18 February 2019Sworders offers late 19th and 20th century styles reflecting the period zeitgeist.
No, it isn’t a huge carrot…
18 February 2019It’s not every day you see an auctioneer holding a 5ft 6in (1.67m) long sperm whale penis. Then again, it’s not every day that you see the sort of lots that are offered in Sworders’ Out of the Ordinary auction.
Lantern clocks illuminate Essex auction
04 February 2019The names of two 17th century makers took these two lantern clocks way above estimates at Sworders’ (23% buyer’s premium) sale at Stansted Mountitchet. Both were from the Barbara Holliday collection that majored on Modern British art (see Art Market, ATG No 2377).
Mod Brits get in the Holliday mood
28 January 2019Modern British pictures by female artists made a major contribution to the bottom line at Sworders’ (23% buyer’s premium) dispersal of the Barbara Holliday Collection.
Buyers give warm reception to winter Holliday dispersal at Sworders
21 January 2019A single-owner collection, including significant works from the Modern British canon, sold for £541,200 at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet last week.
Mod Brit art for under £1000 at Sworders' Barbara Holliday collection sale
11 January 2019As the Barbara Holliday collection of Mod Brit art goes under the hammer on January 15 at Sworders, ATG talks to the sale's curator to discover lots that prove owning work by a blue-chip Mod Brit artist doesn’t have to cost the earth.
Bird oil panels from Tim Wonnacott collection pose a puzzle
07 January 2019Four works sold in Essex auction could be part of Marks’ Eaton Hall commission.
Mod Brit art from Cumbrian collector to be auctioned at Sworders in Essex
17 December 2018A single-owner private collection, including significant works by artists from the Modern British canon, will be sold at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet on January 15.
Silver and glass menagerie – First bite of extensive collection of animal decanters sells at Essex auction house
26 November 2018One half of an extensive single-owner collection of novelty Victorian and Edwardian silver and glass animal objects went under the hammer at Reeman Dansie’s two-day sale in Colchester last week.
Silver tea service was the height of fashion
26 November 2018Following the wake of the influential 1862 International Exhibition in London (when Japanese art first reached a wide British audience), this tea service below would have been the height of fashion when it was made by Richard Martin and Ebenezer Hall in 1879.
Guild edged Arts & Crafts at Stacey’s auction
26 November 2018This classical Guild of Handicrafts bowl, below, underlined the popularity of Arts & Crafts silver when offered by Essex auction house Stacey’s (20% buyer’s premium).
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