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.
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Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood will be auctioning over a hundred pieces of
donated art at our Okehampton Street salerooms for The Chestnut Appeal for Prostate
Cancer on 10th May 2009. The sale will be on view to the general public on 8th May 2009
and 9th May 2009. |
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Nic Saintey takes a brief glance at a few interesting lots in the first fine art
sale of 2009, which will be offered on 28th January 2009 and 29th January
2009 at our Okehampton Street Salerooms in Exeter. |
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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. |
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Daniel Goddard, the Head of the Picture Department, discusses the life of the watercolour
painter Alfred Leyman (1856-1933), who lived, worked and painted in Devon.
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Nic Saintey, the Head of Ceramics and Glass, discusses the history of the wine bottle,
which has now become very collectable. |
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Daniel Goddard, Director and Head of the Picture Department, considers the portrait
miniature, from its early origins to the more modern forms of the 18th and 19th
centuries. |
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The Godolphin House Sale was held in July 2008 at our Okehampton Street Salerooms.
This article provides a brief history of the house, which is now in the hands of
The National Trust. |