A Happy New Year from Chiswick Auctions Our January 11th 'fine' sale is now online.  Hundreds of photographs are now available for viewing. This will be the first sale of the new year and has a colour catalogue which is available from reception or by post for £5.00. Diary note:  Tuesday 25th January, specialist book sale - with separate colour catalogue. [caption id="attachment_1583" align="aligncenter" width="512" caption="39. George Willison (1741-1797), oil on canvas, portrait of a gentleman, half-length, wearing … read on »

It hardly seems possible that a whole year has passed since Chiswick Auction’s first sale dedicated to Printed Books and Manuscripts. Since then, we have held four specialist sales, and sold nearly 1,000 lots ranging in price from £20 to £20,000. We have sold books in every category, ranging from an exquisite botanical book printed in 1616, to a novel by Philip Pullman published in 1995. Every sale has had its highlights – and the occasional … read on »

Our best ever auction at Chiswick Auctions, is now in the final stages of preparation and online for you all to see. Featuring a picture with an estimate of £800,000 - £1,200,000; a specialist book section; an exceptional silver section; more really good pictures and some fantastic works of art and furniture, we are hoping to have our most exciting sale to date. The colour illustrated printed catalogue is out now and available from the office for … read on »

A unique collection of Augustus John drawings, consigned by the family of Dame Elizabeth Taylor, are among the highlights of the forthcoming 28th September sale. The Taylor family enjoyed a long association with Augustus John, with Dame Elizabeth’s father Francis acting as John’s American agent for many years. According to Christopher Wilding, Dame Elizabeth’s son, who is handling the sale: “There are 44 drawings, and all were torn up into 4 to 6 pieces by the artist in … read on »

Chiswick Auctions are set to sell one of the most important early paintings by the German Expressionist Ludwig Meidner that has come to market in recent years. The true identity of the painting, which languished undiscovered and abandoned for many years in a storage facility, has only recently been confirmed after months of careful research by Chiswick Auctions backed up by expert scientific pigment analysis. The oil on canvas work by Meidner dates to November 1912, and … read on »

We are glad to announce an important collection of silver which will be included in the 28th September auction. The silver includes a coffee pot by the celebrated silversmith Paul de Lamerie and over 40 other wonderful lots.  Consigned through a Holland Park deceased estate, this collection is the most significant collection of  silver sale to come on to the market through a non-West End auction room for some years. Full catalogued details will be on … read on »

A significant consignment of lots collected from the Jersey estate of the well known West End art dealer John Appleby helped to create a mixture of lots covering a broad spectrum. Notably: Lot 23, a Louis Vuitton valise, for storing wine – four phone bids and a huge amount of pre-auction interest saw an admittedly low (£80 - £120) estimate rocket to £1,100. Lot 57, a Franz Bergman cold painted bronze figure of an elegant shoplifter, with a … read on »

On 18 September, Chiswick Auctions will be holding its fourth sale dedicated to Books, Maps and Manuscripts. [caption id="attachment_1412" align="aligncenter" width="560" caption="Hortus Floridus 1616, sold for £4,000"][/caption] Our first three sales in this category were hugely successful: a few highlights give some idea of their scope. In the November sale from last year, Francis Bacon’s heavily ‘annotated’ copy of Edweard Muybridge’s The Human Figure in Motion realised £9,400, more than double its top estimate, while Oscar Wilde’s … read on »

Our 13th July sale is now available to view pictures online, together with an illustrated catalogue - available from reception £3 A Swedish silver circular section neo-classical urn, with fluted cover that has fruit and vase knop finial on an inverted campana body with twin ram's head handles raised on fluted and spreading socle (stamped with the maker's name C.B. Hallberg). £500-700

Our 22nd June sale is now online.  This sale which we hope to be something of a landmark auction, has some of the best lots we have handled. The sale is in three parts, it starts with Books at 11am (this part of the sale is only online at the moment with our partners www.the-saleroom.com/chiswick), followed by the Fine Pictures at 1.30pm  (see our website for colour photos of each lot) and finally the regular antique … read on »