A key part of our strategy is to operate within the new realm of the twenty first century, thereby necessitating an embrace of digital technology. This has enabled us to present all of the items from an upcoming auction in a digital catalogue.
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Buying at Auction
It really is a buyer’s market when you attend a Thomas Watson auction to make a purchase.
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Selling at Auction
Thomas Watson are completely prepared to guide clients through the selling process at auction.
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View our Auction Calendar and Results
A huge variety of different items appear in auctions and we can chronicle these in this section.
FIND OUT MORELady Chatterley takes centre stage at summer sale
A signed first edition of one of the most controversial books of the 20th century is to go under the hammer at our Fine Art Sale on Tuesday 15 May.
read moreEaster Opening Hours
The saleroom will be closed Good Friday, Saturday 31 March, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday 3 April.
read moreWHY THIS BUDDHA IS SMILING
Sometimes we get a really surprising result at auction – what’s known in the profession as a sleeper – and this was certainly the case at our last Fine Art Sale when a small soapstone figure of a grinning Buddha smashed its original estimate of £80 to £120 by selling for an eye-watering £16,500.
read moreBehind the scenes at Flog It!
Flog It! is one of the most popular antiques shows on television and regularly achieves an audience of more than two million viewers in its weekday afternoon slot. We were therefore delighted to host the film crew when they came to record part of the programme’s 17th series at our sale on 16 January and were also rather intrigued by how the day would go!
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