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 (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 (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)
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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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. |