Kendal Auction Rooms
Fine art, Antiques, Collectables and Quality Modern Furniture
Telephone: 01539 733770
Friday 18 July at 10.30am , Antiques and Modern Furniture, Collectables & Household effects, Wednesday 23 July at 6pm Evening Auction of Beswick, Doulton & Border Fine Arts etc, Friday 15 August Fine Art, Antiques and Collectables,
entries now being accepted by arrangement
Latest News
Bidders not shy as coconut and clock reach record highs
Kendal Auction Rooms' April Antique and Collectors auction proved to be the strongest ever held since their relocation to new premises in 2003. The highlight of the day being a Charles Frodsham of London regulator clock which saw strong interest in the room before finally selling to a phone bidder for £17,000.
An 18th century carved coconut cup set in silver, the carving depicting a Portugese/Brazilian war scene attracted frantic phone bidding, the hammer finally coming down at £4600.
Early in the day there were gasps from the floor as bidding for a collection of dolls house furniture opened with an internet bid at £1000, strong competition for this lot saw a final winning bid in the room of £2500.
Other highlights included a Culpepper style microscope £1000, A set of six Royal Doulton Henry Souter plates £1300, An oil painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper £2900, A Victorian burr walnut Davenport £1300 and an oak lambing chair at £1000
Full results will be available on line soon
BBC Flog It comes to Town
The popular antiques programme presented by Paul Martin is coming to Lancaster Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster on SUNDAY 6 APRIL from 9.30am - 4pm, items can be valued by the panel of experts then forwarded to the auction at Kendal Auction Rooms on FRIDAY 25 APRIL which will be filmed as part of a show to be shown later in the year
15-02-08
Another succesful catalogued sale with Beatrix Potter items fetching almost £5000
Greetings Card & Signed Book sold for £2400 each in Fridays Auction,
Other highlights included Wainwright pen and ink at £700 and the highlight of the furniture section was an early 19th Century mahogany window seat which sold to a telephone bidder for £1800
Full report and prices available on our results page
14-02-08
Not coming to the Auction on Friday, catch us on the TV instead!
Dickinson's Real Deal on ITV1 at 2pm, and don't forget to come back to this page soon for details of TV shows being filmed at the saleroom in 2008
01-02-08
Bay Radios Breakfast show DJ Lorna, auctioning lots at the sale on 1 Feb 2008
