Selected Antiques

If you are looking for a specific antique, of high quality or rarity this is the sale for you. It offers a select number of lots hand picked from vendors and good local house clearances including fine furniture, the more unusual and early ceramics and glassware, early treen, metalware, silver, objects d’art and of course paintings. These auctions are of course fully catalogued with much illustrated, and available on the website.

Monthly Antique Auctions

These regular auctions have a varied selection of antiques to suit every taste and price bracket. Viewing times are on the Thursday evening prior from 4pm - 9pm, the Friday 10am - 5pm and on sale day from 8.30am.

Collectors Sales

These sales cater for the collector and specialist dealer, covering many disciplines with greatest emphasis on early toys, games and puzzles, postcards, cigarette cards, books and ephemera, stamps and coins and lots more interesting collectables. These auctions are also fully catalogued and available in the usual way, and are held on Saturdays, beginning at 10am. Viewing times are also the Thursday prior 4pm - 9pm, the Friday 10am - 5pm and from 8.30 on sale day.

Vintage and Classic Car, Motorbike and Automobilia Auction

There are two of these specialist sales each year and again are fully catalogued, available well in advance of sale day. These auctions are not held at our main auction rooms, but at the historic motoring venue of Castle Combe race track. There is two viewing days prior to the Saturday auction, on the Friday prior 10am - 5pm and from 8.30am morning of sale.

For customers unable to attend the auction, they may leave an absentee bid with the auctioneer, also known as a Commission bid. We are happy to undertake to bid on your behalf and purchase the lot as cheaply as possible, other bids and reserves permitting.

Telephone bidding works in a similar way to absentee bidding, however a member of staff will telephone you just before your chosen lot comes under the hammer. You will then be able to bid live over the telephone, with the member of staff conveying your bid to the auctioneer. The minimum lot value for a telephone bid is £100. Absentee and telephone bids are offered as a free service and at the buyer’s risk, we cannot accept liability for any failure to place such bids.

We hold a varied selection of auctions throughout the year, to suit most collectors needs and also to provide the private individual with the chance to buy affordable antiques for their home. These include a monthly Antique auction interspersed with specialist Toy and Collectors auctions, and also Classic Car, Motorbike and Automobilia auctions.

Customers wishing to attend an auction will be asked to register to bid on sale day. We require your full name, address, telephone number and in certain circumstances a bank reference. You will be then given a number with which to bid. When an item is sold and you wish to bid, please raise your paddle clearly so the auctioneer can see and he will acknowledge your bid.