Sale SE48; Lot 0047: Three Sèvres Plates and a Soup Plate

Sale: SE48 (04 Nov 2008)
Auction Lot: 0047
Estimate: £2,000-3,000
Realised: £5,300
Three Sèvres plates and a soup plate with marks for Leve, Commelin and Massey, datecode for 1788.

Sale SE48; Lot 0151: Faberge Cane Handle

Sale: SE48 (04 Nov 2008)
Auction Lot: 0151
Estimate: £6,000-£8,000
Realised: £15,500
Faberge white guilloche enamelled cane handle, struck with marks for Henrik Wigstrom.

Sale SE48; Lot 0410: Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943) 'Con Brio'

Sale: SE48 (05 Nov 2008)
Auction Lot: 0410
Estimate: £4,000-£5,000
Realised: £11,500
Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943) 'Con Brio' an Art Deco cold painted bronze and ivory figure.

SC11 Sporting, Country Pursuits and Collectors Sale (4th August 2010)

The Late Umpire David Shepherd MBE

Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood held a successful auction of sporting, country pursuits and collectors items in Honiton on 4th August 2010.

The auction had a number of interesting lots, including the personal collection of the late David Shepherd MBE, the world famous International Test Cricket Umpire. Instantly recognisable and world renowned as one of the fairest minded umpires in first class cricket, the collection covered the latter years of his career.

There were several surprise results amongst the 1,300 lots on offer, including the 19th century leather fishing creel that fetched £3,300 and the early 20th century Bing King Edward live steam engine £3,700.

Robert O Lenkiewicz (1941-2002): Lisa Stokes Holding A Mirror (SF16/009) Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood sold a private collection of pictures by Robert Lenkiewicz (1941-2002) at auction in Exeter on Saturday, 20th March 2010. The collection represented an outstanding group of pictures, which date from the 1950s to the last few months of Lenkiewicz's life.
Saleroom at Dowell Street in Honiton (Devon) It is a year since the merging of Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood and already we are expanding Eastwards in the county of Devon into the antiques centre and market town of Honiton.
Richard Bearne Richard Bearne, Chairman of Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood, announced on Friday, 3rd July 2009 that the fine art auction house would be re-opening the salerooms in Dowell Street, Honiton in January 2010 when they are vacated by Bonhams.
Troika Aztec Mask Nic Saintey writes about the Troika Pottery that was formed in St Ives in Cornwall in 1963 by Benny Sirota, Leslie Ilsley and Jan Thompson.