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CELEBRITY ROAD TRIPPERS BATTLE IT OUT AT AUCTION
Children’s TV presenters Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes finished their Celebrity Antiques Road Trip at our Antiques and Collectables Sale on 12 June when they competed to sell the items that they had collected during their three-day journey.
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Free Valuations Days this Summer
For a free auction appraisal, bring your items to one of our valuation events listed below. Appointments not necessary.
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FILMING DATE WITH CHILDREN’S TV STARS FOR CELEBRITY ANTIQUES ROAD TRIP
Popular children’s TV presenters Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes will filming part of BBC2’s new series of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip at our Antiques and Collectibles Sale on Tuesday 12 June, starting at 10am.
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PARROT PAIR PRODUCE SHOCK RESULT AT AUCTION
A pair of porcelain parrots flew way above their modest £100-£150 estimate when they sold for a staggering £16,000 at our recent Fine Art Sale.
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Lady 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.
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Easter 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.
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WHY 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.
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Behind 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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‘FLOG IT!’ COMES TO DARLINGTON
Exciting news! The popular BBC 1 antiques programme Flog It! will be filming our Antiques and Collectibles Sale on Tuesday 16 January starting at 10am.
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